The Stewardship Team of the Grand Canyon Synod invites you to a presentation on “Building an Effective, Productive and Faithful Stewardship Team", Tues. Feb. 23rd at 7pm MST, 6pm PST.
We will share the rationale and strategies for your congregational stewardship team to engage in effective year round ministry. Please register here.
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The Stewardship Team of the Grand Canyon Synod invites you to a presentation on “Building an Effective, Productive and Faithful Stewardship Team", Tues. Feb. 23rd at 7pm MST, 6pm PST.
We will share the rationale and strategies for your congregational stewardship team to engage in effective year round ministry. Please register here.
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We present our final weekly highlight of the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
The Office of the Bishop staff goes round-robin in their daily Zoom meeting to offer stories of what generosity means to them.
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We roll into 2021 with a submission to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
Sandy Holm, with Streams in the Desert Lutheran Church in Tucson, Arizona, shares her story of generosity: one man's offer to help stock the church's food pantry. Winner of the Best Above and Beyond Story.
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We roll into 2021 with a submission to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
Beverley Larkin, with Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Phoenix, Arizona, shares her story of generosity: a surprising encounter in the supermarket. Winner of the Most Surprising Story Award.
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As we wrap up 2020, we highlight asubmission to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chandler, Arizona, shares a story of generosity in the form of a music video. This video won awards for Best Neighborly Generosity Story and a technical award for Best of Music and Score.
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Throughout the Advent and Christmas season, we highlight submissions to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
Duane Gilson, with Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church in Mesa, Arizona, shares his story of generosity: accompanying Pete, a World War II veteran, on an honor flight. This video won the Best Time Honored Service Story award.
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Throughout the Advent and Christmas season, we highlight submissions to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
Pastor Dana Reardon, with First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mesa, Arizona, shares a story of generosity while reporting live from First Lutheran's Food Bank. This video won the BestCommunity Outreach Story award.
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Throughout the Advent and Christmas season, we highlight submissions to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
This week, Jake Galambos, with Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church in Mesa, Arizona, shares his story of generosity: an act of kindness from his future mother-in-law. Jake wins the Most Heartwarming Story Award.
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Throughout the Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas season, we highlight submissions to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
This week we share the winner of the Best Community Impact Story and Best Editing Award, from Mount Cross Lutheran Church in Payson, Arizona. Their story of generosity: opening Payson's first homeless and homeless veteran warming center.
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The Stewardship Team is proud to present all the submissions to the Generosity Film Festival 2020! Enjoy these stories of generosity from the Grand Canyon Synod. Submissions are still being accepted. View our submission guidelines.
In the midst of the challenging times we live—and as we enter the Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas seasons—congregations and people of every generation give witness to and celebrate the stories of God’s generosity that surround us in our daily lives.
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The GCS Stewardship Team invites you to film and submit a “story of generosity” as part of the Generosity Film Festival. Your video will be featured on the GCS website the week of Thanksgiving. Our hope is for an abundance of stories from across our synod, overflowing with heart-felt testimonies of generosity.
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The Grand Canyon Stewardship Team shares this info on the timeless power of storytelling. A good story is short and sweet, packed with concrete details, about a strong main character, timely and relevant, and includes an invitation to action.
All good things to know as you submit your story to the Generosity Film Festival. Submit by Monday, November 16, 2020.
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The GCS Stewardship Team invites you to film and submit a “story of generosity” as part of the Generosity Film Festival. Your video will be featured on the GCS website the week of Thanksgiving. Our hope is for an abundance of stories from across our synod, overflowing with heart-felt testimonies of generosity.
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In their webinar, “Generosity Storytelling 101,” the Grand Canyon Synod Stewardship Team shares best practices on how to share a story of generosity. The team also invites you to film and submit a story of generosity as part of the Grand Canyon Synod Film Festival.
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On Oct. 22, 12:30 pm MST, Tithe.ly will hold an exclusive webinar for ELCA congregations to learn about exciting innovations in church technology. Register here.
Tithe.ly is an ELCA preferred vendor offering a family of online tools to help increase giving, manage congregational membership data and engage members throughout the week.
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As the result of a fall stewardship emphasis “Always Be Generous – The Generosity Challenge," the households at All Saints Lutheran, over the course of three weeks, collected and donated 3,500 books to the Phoenix Public Library, one ton of food items to Desert Mission Food Bank and 2,600 pairs of socks and underwear to Lutheran Social Services outreach ministries!
Utilizing an ELCA Generosity Project resource called “Live It Out,” all ages were challenged to grow in generosity by counting the total number of the following items in their households: Week One - Books; Week Two - Canned & Boxed Food Items; Week Three - Socks & Undies.
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The Rev. Robert C. Blezard continues to provide a “Stewardship Toolkit” for congregations. This month’s theme is “Deceived by the lie of more.” We look at how our culture pressures us to seek happiness by endlessly accumulating more—more stuff, more money, more experiences. The result? Instead of finding peace, too many of God’s people are miserable and drowning in debt.
It consists of an original newsletter article and RCL-based “stewardship snippets” that they can cut and paste into their publications. It also has resources to explore the theme set out in the newsletter article. You can use this permanent URL, https://bit.ly/2EHozvX, for the toolkit. Rob will keep the URL the same but refresh it with the new content every month.more
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