Growing Young Stewards - Resources

Giving Together: A Stewardship Guide for Families
by Carol A. Wherheim, Westmister John Knox Press.
This takes a holistic approach to stewardship. The author writes, "This book is designed to help you and your family think about your choices as stewards of God's world and word and how your faith enters into making those decisions. Five chapters include: 1 - Getting Started, 2 - At Home, 3 - At Church, 4 - In the Community, 5 - Just Do It! The second half of the book is the Leader's Guide. Great for intergenerational work. Available at Brethren Press.

52 Ways to Teach Stewardship
by Nancy S. Williamson, Rainbow Publishers 2003.
This booklet includes easy-to-do activities “for ages 4-12" that can be readily adapted for inter-generational activities. Activities can be inserted into weekly or monthly curriculum, or adapted for children’s time. Pages are reproducible for classroom use! Available at Brethren Press.

Stewardship - The foundation for reflecting God
by Karen Henley. (Ages 8-11) Foundations Curriculum, Standard Publishing.
From the cover: "This 13-week course about stewardship will help kids understand what it means to be a servant, provide biblical examples of how God equips servants, and guides kids to find ways they can serve God and others daily. (It) includes *small group discover centers and large group discussions and activities, *reproducible activities, games, patterns, information about how to be good stewards of all God has given us, *activities to help kids use their time, talents, and possessions as servants of God, and *ideas to guide kids to serve God by serving others."

God Gives Good Gifts
Cycle D - Summer, multi-level (primary through Jr. Youth). Available from Brethren Press.
Session titles: 1 - The Gift of Food, 2 - The Gift of Life, 3 - The Gift of Wisdom, 4 - The Gift of Memory, 5 - The Gift of Creation, 6 - The Gift of Comfort, 7 - The Gift of Acceptance and Forgiveness, 8 - The Gift of Protection, 9 - The Gift of a Meeting Place, 10 - The Gift of Healing, 11 - The Gift of Place, 12 - The Gift of Service, 13 - The Gift of Generosity.

What Gives?: Using God's Money - Fastlane
by Michele Hershberger, Faith & Life, #9286, $9.95
A six unit Bible study for Junior High youth that catches young people just as they are starting to earn, save, spend, and dream of money. This study will help youth understand that money is a gift from God that is to be used to honor God and others.

FOR YOUTH:

Generation Why? curriculum ("Bible-based explorations of issues facing Youth), available from Brethren Press:

"Go for Broke: Using the Gifts God Gave You - 5 sessions having to do with discovering and using the spiritual gifts, talents, "persons" that God has given each of us.
"Living Beyond our Means: The Extravagance of Biblical Stewardship" 5 sessions focusing on ownership, developing using and sharing our abilities and financial resources, wealth and heaven, elements of good stewardship, "living as if we know we have received a great gift from God and are eager to share it with others.
"Moneytalk: Living Generously" - 5 sessions, including "The Power of Money" (God is God, and money is not); God's Great Gifts (God wants to provide people with abundance); First fruits Living (We give back to God out of our first and best, not what's left over); Financial Risk (Don't be afraid to take risks to further God's realm.); Jubilee: God's Restoration (Planning for the future: Every 50 years, we get a wake-up call as to who owns what.)

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