Free Stewardship Resource for the New Year
Stewardship Ministries has just posted on its web site (www.cogstewardship.org) a new month-long stewardship program titled The Trust Factor. Stewardship Ministries is recommending that churches make February an emphasis on stewardship. This 4-week emphasis examines:
Can We Trust God?
Can God Trust Us?
Trust in the Church
Trust in the Family
Go to www.cogstewardship.org, click on the link to “The Trust Factor” at the top of the page, and explore the many resources available to you for the emphasis:
Sermons and sermon illustrations
Lessons for children, youth, and adults
Children’s church lessons
Unique video clips for lesson and sermon introduction
28-day devotional guide
Promotional items: mini-posters, bulletin inserts, PowerPoint slides
Studies have shown that 85% of people will increase their giving when they are taught biblical stewardship. In this era, when it is difficult to trust the economy, it is a good time to remind people about the right place to put their trust.
Dr. Raymond Culpepper urges pastors and churches to make The Trust Factor an emphasis in February:
Trust is defined as “assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something.” Trust is not free. It must be earned. Trust seeds must be planted in the soil of Christian character, nourished by communication, watered by competence, and given life by the Prince of Life. Trust is about integrity, purity, loyalty, responsibility, and accountability. The Department of Stewardship Ministries has captured the importance and essence of trust in a web-based stewardship campaign scheduled for February 2009 called The Trust Factor. The sermons and lessons will tie into how trust is fundamental to stewardship. This campaign is designed to aid the pastor and local church. This campaign will aid you and your church in a quest for trust that goes from pulpit to pew and from platform to floor.
