MISSION PROGRAMME

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MISSION PROGRAMME
CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP
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DEVOTION

• Hymn 677 O Love that will not let me go
• Reading Psalm 116 1-2, 12-19 (together or
  antiphonally).
• Quiet reflection on Hymn 457.
• Prayer
• Leader Lord, we draw near to you in the spirit
  of thankfulness.
• All How great and good you are in all your ways.
• Leader You surround us day and night with your
  constant goodness.
• All How great and good you are in all your ways.
• Leader How constant, regular and faithful you
  are towards us.
• All How great and good you are in all your ways.
• Leader Your goodness manifests your love towards
  us.
• All How great and good you are in all your ways.
  Help us not to consider our response. So Lord,
  we exalt and praise and bless your Holy name,
  Amen.

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STEWARDSHIP WHAT IS IT?
STEWARDSHIP

• LOVE FOR GOD IN ACTION

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MEANING OF COMMON WORDS TODAY

• Discipleship
• Accompanier
• Enabler
• Mentor
• Stewardship

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WHAT IS STEWARDSHIP?

• Love of God
• worship
• personal life
• involvement with everyone
• involvement with Gods world
• involvement with the creation
• Faith sharing

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STEWARDSHIP, BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS

• Gratitude to God
• Exodus 37-9

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STEWARDSHIP, BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS

• Compassion
• Action
• Promise
• Expectation

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STEWARDSHIP, BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS

• What of the Nine?
• Luke 1711-19

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STEWARDSHIP, BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS

• Unity in suffering
• Cry in exile
• Boundless grace
• Joy in gratitude

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STEWARDSHIP, BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS

• 16 And we ourselves know and believe the love
  which God has for us.
• God is love, and whoever lives in love
  lives in union with God and God lives in union
  with him. 17 Love is made perfect in us in
  order that we may have courage on Judgement Day
  and we will have it because our life in this
  world is the same as Christs. 18 There is no
  fear in love perfect love drives out all fear.
  So then, love has not been made perfect in anyone
  who is afraid, because fear has to do with
  punishment.
• We love because God first loved us. John 416b-19

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STEWARDSHIP, BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS

• In the Cross of Christ I glory

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STEWARDSHIP, BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS

• Love engenders love
• - basis of commitment
• Deut. 64-9

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STEWARDSHIP

• Love for God
• Walking the walk
• Talking the talk

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STEWARDSHIP According to Jesus

• 17 Do not think that I have come to do away
  with the Law of Moses and the teachings of the
  prophets. I have not come to do away with them,
  but to make their teachings come true. 18
  Remember that as long as heaven and earth last,
  not the least point nor the smallest detail of
  the Law will be done away with not until the
  end of all things. 19 So then, whoever disobeys
  even the least important of the commandments and
  teachers others to do the same, will be least in
  the Kingdom of heaven. On the other hand,
  whoever obeys the Law and teaches others to do
  the same, will be great in the Kingdom of heaven.
  20 I tell you, then, that you will be able to
  enter the Kingdom of heaven only if you are more
  faithful than the teachers of the Law and the
  Pharisees in doing what God requires. Matt.
  517-20

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• Jesus
• Loyalty
• Spirit
• Perfection
• Self-discipline

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STEWARDSHIP IS PRACTICAL

• Be compassionate be generous
• Meet other peoples needs (Matt. 2531-37)

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STEWARDSHIP THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM

• The Second Mile
• Beyond ourselves

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STEWARDSHIP THE MASTERS CONCERNS

• 19 After a long time the master of those
  servants came back and settled accounts with
  them. 20 The servant who had received five
  thousand coins came in and handed over the other
  five thousand. You gave me five thousand coins,
  sir, he said. Look! Here are another five
  thousand that I have earned. 21 Well done, you
  good and faithful servant! said his master.
  You have been faithful in managing small
  amounts, so I will put in you in charge of large
  amounts. Come on in and share my happiness!
• 22 Then the servant who had been given two
  thousand coins came in and said, You gave me two
  thousand coins sir, Look! Here are another two
  thousand that I have earned. 23 Well done,
  you good and faithful servant! said his master.
  You have been faithful in managing small
  amounts, so I will put you in charge of large
  amounts. Come on in and share my happiness!
• 24 Then the servant who had received one
  thousand coins came in and said, Sir, I know you
  are a hard man you reap harvests where you did
  not sow, and you gather crops where you did not
  scatter seed. 25 I was afraid, so I went off and
  hid your money in the ground. Look! Here is
  what belongs to you.
• 26 You bad and lazy servant! his master said.
  You knew, did you, that I reap harvests where I
  did not sow, and gather crops where I did not
  scatter seed? ... useless servant throw him
  outside in the darkness Mat. 2519-26

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STEWARDSHIP THE MASTERS CONCERNS

• Expectations commitment
• Reward additional trust
• Unprofitability loss of all

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STEWARDSHIP GOSPEL OF LIFE

• Gods gift of life
• 1 In the past you were spiritually dead because
  of your disobedience and sins. 2 At that time you
  followed the worlds evil way you obeyed the
  ruler of the spiritual powers in space, the
  spirit who now controls the people who disobey
  God. 3 Actually all of us were like them and
  lived according to our natural desires, doing
  whatever suited the wishes of our own bodies and
  minds. In our natural condition we, like
  everyone else, were destined to suffer Gods
  anger.
• 4 But Gods mercy is so abundant, and his love
  for us is so great, 5 that while we were
  spiritually dead in our disobedience he brought
  us to life with Christ. It is by Gods grace
  that you have been saved. 6 In our union with
  Christ Jesus he raised us up with him to rule
  with him in the heavenly world. 7 He did this to
  demonstrate for all time to come the
  extraordinary greatness of his grace in the love
  he showed us in Christ Jesus.
• 8-9 For it is by Gods grace that you have been
  saved through faith. It is not the result of
  your own efforts, but Gods gift, so that no one
  can boast about it. 10 God has made us what we
  are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he has
  created us for a life of good deeds, which he has
  already prepared for us to do. Eph. 21-10

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GODS GIFT THE STEWARDS AGENDA

• Joyful motivation for stewards
• Great purpose stewards of the new covenant
• Future prospects for ages to come

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STEWARDSHIP URGENCY AND DILIGENCE

• 45 Who, then, is a faithful and wise servant?
  He is the one that his master has placed in
  charge of other servants to give them their food
  at the proper time. 46 How happy that servant is
  if his master finds him doing this when he comes
  home! 47 Indeed, I tell you, the master will
  put that servant in charge of all his property.
  48 But if he is a bad servant, he will tell
  himself that his master will not come back for a
  long time, 49 and he will begin to beat his
  fellow-servants and to eat and drink with
  drunkards. 50 Then that servants master will
  come back one day when the servant does not
  expect him and at a time he does not know. 51The
  master will cut him in pieces and make him share
  the fate of the hypocrites. There he will cry
  and grind his teeth. Mat. 45-51

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STEWARDSHIP CHARACTERISTICS

• Being prepared urgency
• watchfulness
• persistence
• conscientiousness
• preparedness
• Focus coming Kingdom

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STEWARDSHIP QUESTIONS

• Live in Gods praise?
• Why?
• Responsibility?
• Urgency here? globally?
• Dangers where? why?

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SUMMARY

• Stewardship is dedication to God in Christ
• In love towards him
• In gratitude to him
• Through
• Worship
• Service
• Obedience
• Faithful witness

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• In order
• To promote and extend his reign in the world
• To make Jesus known to this generation and the
  generations to come.
• With
• Enthusiasm
• Faithfulness
• Diligence

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• As
• Individuals
• Congregation
• Church

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STEWARDSHIP WHERE?

• 1. Personal 3. Worldwide
• 2. Community 4. Creation

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STEWARDSHIP WHERE?

• 1.Personal
• Family
• Friends
• Work
• Leisure
• Enemy

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STEWARDSHIP WHERE?

• 2. The Community
• Positive
• Negative
• Concerns / Needs
• Achievable Goals

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STEWARDSHIP WHERE?

• 3. Signs of the Times
• Trends locally, nationally
• Signs dissatisfaction with life

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STEWARDSHIP WHERE?

• 4. World Context
• Whose world?
• Resources for whom?
• Global characteristics?

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STEWARDSHIP WHERE?

• World World Church
• Carry one anothers burdens fulfil the law of
  Christ
• Share each others resources extend the Kingdom
  of Christ
• Prayer belong relate support in life and
  for Christ
• Be watchful
• Be prayerful

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STEWARDSHIP WHERE?

• 5. Within creation
• Threats
• - poisonous gasses
• - destruction of forests
• - chemical pollution
• - pollution by waste
• - global warming
• - other

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GLOBAL ACTION

• Spirituality
• Awareness raising
• Reducing consumption
• Recycling
• Fair Trade
• Care of environment
• Wise use of transport

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GLOBAL ACTION

• Consider the details adapted from Hans Kung
  Global Responsibility

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GLOBAL ACTION

• .. What has Christianity to offer?

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STEWARDSHIP

• What shall we say but
• Based on our faith in Jesus Christ and the call
  of his kingdom, we see Christian stewardship
  offering hope to individuals, society, the nation
  and the world today for that reason we continue
  our work with enthusiasm, confidence and
  commitment.
• The steward at all times is called to work in the
  specific context of his /her age and period.
  Today brings the challenge of stewardship to us.
  Are there any other topics in addition to the
  above that we need to address urgently?
• How do we face them?

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STEWARDSHIPGODS GIFTS OUR RESOURCES

• Time
• Time and tide wait for no man
• Remember now your creator in the time of your
  youth.
• Time for everything in its season
• Time Gods gift

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STEWARDSHIPGODS GIFTS OUR RESOURCES

• Time
• How do we use our time?
• Review / reconsider our use of time?

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STEWARDSHIP GODS GIFTS

• Use of talents
• My talent(s)?
• Our groups talents
• Our churchs talents
• Local talents
• How can we employ all talents together?

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GODS GIFTS - TOGETHER

• Gods family Gospel Stewards
• Focus the Gospel in action is priority
• Stewardship is effective action with all Gods
  people.

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STEWARDSHIPGods gifts - Finance

• Use of money
• a measure of our commitment
• a spiritual matter

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THE NEED FOR MONEY

• Consider your Churchs annual report
• - what story does it tell?
• - outward looking?
• - inward looking?
• Challenge Do we need to contribute more?

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SOURCES OF INCOME

• Membership contributions
• Gifts
• Investments

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EXPENDITURE

• consider the expenditure of your own church
• what are the chief items of expenditure?
• what story do they tell about priorities, vision
  and life?

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EXPENDITURE

• What does the chart say about a small church in
  2006?
• What areas of national Church life would you wish
  to strengthen or develop and what new areas
  should be established?

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HOW DO WE CONTRIBUTE

• Connexional Contribution
• Gift Aid
• Legacies

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FINANCE GENERAL PRINCIPLES

• Give generously
• Give prayerfully not seeking a return
• Accountability is necessary
• - locally
• - nationally
• - to God in Christ
• How familiar are we with the work done in our
  name?

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HOW MUCH

• tithing
• sacrificial giving
• 10? 5? 2? of income
• Individually priorities
• what priorities
• - local church
• - national church
• - quality of life issues
• locally
• globally

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THE STEWARDS HYMN

• When I survey the wondrous cross
• On which the prince of glory died,
• My richest gain I count but loss
• And pour contempt on all my pride.

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• Stewardship begins in the worship of God so
  also at the close of our study we worship, as
  worship is part of our stewardship.
• 1 I love the Lord, because he hears me he
  listens to my prayers. 2 He listens to me every
  time I call to him
• 12 What can I offer the Lord for all his goodness
  to me? 13 I will bring a wine-offering to the
  Lord, to thank him for saving me. 14 In the
  assembly of all his people I will give him what I
  have promised. 15 How painful is it to the Lord
  when one of his people dies! 16 I am your
  servant, Lord I serve you, just as my mother
  did. You have saved me from death. 17 I will
  give you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and offer my
  prayer to you. 18-19 In the assembly of all your
  people, in the sanctuary of your Temple in
  Jerusalem, I will give you what I have promised,
  Praise the Lord. (Psalm 116 1-2 12-19)

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PRAYER

• Teach me O Lord, my God to serve you worthily in
  every part of my life, so that in all parts I
  grow in you, and through your power make me an
  effective steward of the Holy Gospel throughout
  my life, so that others may find you in me and
  consecrate their lives in your service, Amen.

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