{"id":2830,"date":"2019-08-01T21:21:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T21:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/?p=2830"},"modified":"2019-07-30T21:26:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T21:26:04","slug":"lutheran-week-stewardship-we-are-in-this-together-shared-purpose-shared-struggle-shared-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/lutheran-week-stewardship-we-are-in-this-together-shared-purpose-shared-struggle-shared-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Lutheran Week – Stewardship: We Are in This Together \u2014 Shared Purpose, Shared Struggle, Shared Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The NALC is committed to the renewal of all our congregations, working to develop and deliver resources that challenge and open the NALC to the work of the Holy Spirit in our ministry and mission. \u00a0During Lutheran Week in Indianapolis, the Mission Festival is designed to inspire and serve as a resource to congregations. This includes specific \u201cbreakout\u201d sessions on a variety of topics. \u00a0 “Stewardship: We Are in This Together \u2014 Shared Purpose, Shared Struggle, Shared Hope” will be presented by Pastor Dona Johnson and Pastor Eugene Grimm.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n In Acts, Chapter 2, Luke describes the early Church as a community of faithful stewards who had all things in common (2:44). These believers had mutual love for one another and out of this love came a sense of mutual ownership. No longer were time, money and possessions thought of as personal property (this is mine and that\u2019s yours), but all was joyfully and corporately shared. They were \u201call in\u201d together. They held nothing back. And out of their love for the risen Christ, and a genuine love for one another, emerged a new corporate generosity \u2014 a generosity the likes of which had not been seen before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Imagine for a moment if every congregation and every member had all things in common \u2014 shared ownership and shared responsibility. How might this effect how we steward our time, talents, treasure and testimony towards the NALC and our In this session, we will learn what it means to have all things in common and to be all-in. We will share all our resources \u2014 Stewards of God\u2019s Influence <\/em>\u2014 and lay the groundwork for how to implement an effective annual stewardship program and provide time for you to share both your joys and your struggles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
local congregation? How would it increase both corporate and individual generosity? In what ways would being \u201call in\u201d unleash and expand the Great Commission and further our ability to make disciples and share the Gospel in ways that we could never have imagined?<\/p>\n\n\n\n