Scripture is rich with imagery of gardens and planting, illustrating how God is restoring His people to the Garden from which they were exiled by sin.

The workshops are taught by LCMS pastors with experience in a variety of ministry contexts.

Viewing stewardship through the lens of the Gospel gives its full picture as both the source and purpose of stewardship.

With all the “newness” of January, we remember that ours begins in the newness of the Gospel in Jesus.

Despite the first steward’s failings, all stewards are restored by God’s mercy and grace to their one task of stewardship: stewarding the Gospel!

Falling into the ditches of anxiety and apathy are dangerous, but Jesus is the factor that keeps stewards on the narrow way.

Created as joyful, then tainted by our sin, the mercies of God have restored work to its original purpose of worship.

There are many types of interdependent stewards within a congregation. Sound preaching corrects their unfaithful patterns while forming faithful ones.

Connected to Christ in Word and Sacrament, stewards are transformed to joyfully carry out Gospel stewardship.

Catechesis anchors stewards rightly within the created order, and calls them to a faithful, thankful response to all that God entrusts to them.

Legacy stewardship plays a critical role in present and future ministry by planning ahead for the stewarding of the Gospel, while always being careful to honor Christ’s legacy, not humans’.

Despite the sometimes discouraging responses to teaching stewardship, pastors, steward leaders and stewards alike are all called back to our original task of stewarding the Gospel for the sake of our neighbor’s soul.

To effectively lead others to be faithful stewards, pastors and steward leaders must first repent themselves.

Steward leader: Do not be afraid to be repetitive. Parents, teachers, and even God Himself repeat things so that we may learn.

Stewardship is not about big. Stewardship is not about small. Stewardship is about faithfulness.

Congregations that wish to cultivate faithful stewardship need to commit to the regular discipline of teaching and preaching stewardship.