Stewardship Message Library

The messages contained in this library were written to support year-round stewardship programs. They are oriented for Episcopal churches but most are useable as is, or with minor modification, in the majority of Christian  denominations

The typical flow I have applied for a year-round stewardship program through the year is to focus on involvement in ministries in the Spring and on making a financial commitment to the work of the church in the Fall. In between, we communicate messages that are both appropriate to current events and reinforce the messages of stewardship.

We have included here only messages that could be easily modified for your use. These messages are copyrighted but we are pleased to provide permission to reprint them at no cost as long as you give credit to the author. For permission email Michael Redpath at mredpath@acreativeworld.com

To assist you with your pledge campaign this fall, I would also be pleased to send you an email each time a new message is added to the library. Request to be put on that email list by clicking here.

latest additions made March 6, 2005

2005 Messages
Filling the God shaped hole         (post-Easter)
Thinking about dust 
Nine Swans a Swimming
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2004 Messages
Everything for Christmas!
I was a stranger
Advent is Door Time
Bless This Fish
Your stewardship of your vote
For what am I in a boundless creation? 
Of fresh fall mornings and pledge cards  
Okay, let's see you make one
We are all the work of your hand Is 64:8
If God had a bazillion dollars 
A visit to the u-pick-it farm 

Past Messages
A Statement of Faith….. and Gratitude
Bad news..the Lord's calf is dead   
Bless my tongue- (gratitude as death nears)   
But I can't afford to...
Created for good works
The Depths of Wonder
Don't vote!  
End of Season Sale
General Convention re-affirms tithing  
Giving abundantly of ourselves  
Good news! God does not want your money
Happy New Year (Advent message)   

Here am I; send me   

How can we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?

Inflated expectations    (Advent/Christmas) 
It's all about thanks-giving   (pre-Thanksgiving Day message)
"Not only with our lips, but in our lives"     (pre-Thanksgiving Day message)
O come, O come, Emmanuel (Advent message)
Of Dust and Gratitude
The parish budget is not a matter of eternal importance   
Plenty to be thankful for   
Prepare the way of the Lord!   
Singing the Lord’s praises with our lives
Summertime, summertime, sum-sum summertime   
Sticks and stones may break my bones   
Things built by man may crumble, but God's life-giving presence persists
Time, a precious gift   
To give you a future of hope  
Use the present opportunity (Lent)   
Value Added
Wisdom of the fortune cookie 
"You give them something to eat."

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