Embracing Stewardship  (Minot)

How does your congregation talk about money? Do you focus on expenses, just to keep the doors open?  How can your congregation deepen your members’ understanding of themselves as stewards of the bounty of God? Bring a team from your congregation for a day that will provide tools to strengthen your congregation’s stewardship ministry!

Embracing Stewardship Workshop:

Presenters, Charles R. (Chick) Lane and Grace Duddy Pomroy, together have authored “Embracing Stewardship: How to Put Stewardship at the HEART of Your Congregation’s LIFE.” Chick and Grace will ground the stewardship conversation in scripture, explore important generational differences, and then provide practical steps you can take to help every member of your congregation become a more faithful steward of all God’s gifts.

Mindful of generational perspectives and attuned to the world in which congregations live, this presentation will provide pathways your congregation can follow to deepen your members’ understanding of themselves as stewards of the bounty of God.

You are encouraged to bring a team from your congregation for a day that will provide tools to strengthen your congregation’s stewardship ministry.

Register Now! 

Event Details

Cost for the workshop is $15/person and includes lunch. 

Coffee and Registration will be available at 8:30 am, with the presentations starting promptly at 9 am. 

Books
The first 50 participants to register will receive a free copy of Chick and Grace's book Embracing Stewardship.
Additional copies will be available for sale at the event for $15 (cash or check only).  

Lodging 
If you are in need of overnight accomodations, a block of rooms has been reserved at the Grand Hotel (1505 N Broadway).  Please call 800.735.4493 and request a room in the block set aside for "Western North Dakota Synod GIFTS." 

THANK YOU!
This is a partnership event between G.I.F.T.S. and the Synod Stewardship Ministry.
We are grateful to the following funding partners whose support makes this event possible: 
First Lutheran Church Foundation, Minot
Bethany Lutheran Church Foundation, Minot
Zion Lutheran Church Trust Fund, Minot
St. John Lutheran Church Trust Fund, Dickinson
Stewardship of Life Institute, Gettysburg, PA

Presenters: Chick Lane and Grace Duddy Pomroy

Pastor Chick Lane serves as Pastor for Stewardship and Generosity at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Maple Grove, Minnesota.  Previously he worked as a consultant with Kairos and Associates, and served as Director of the Center for Stewardship Leaders at Luther Seminary, Director for Stewardship Key Leader in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Assistant to the Bishop in the Northwestern Minnesota Synod of the ELCA, and pastor of three congregations, one in Pennsylvania and two in Minnesota.

He is the co-author with Grace Duddy Pomroy of Embracing Stewardship: How to put stewardship at the heart of your congregation’s life, the author of Ask, Thank, Tell: Improving Stewardship Ministry in Your Congregation, and the author of two annual stewardship programs, Because of God’s Great Mercy and Walk with Jesus.

Grace Duddy Pomroy is a millennial stewardship ministry leader. She graduated from Luther Seminary in 2012 with a Master’s of Arts degree in Congregational Mission and Leadership. She served as the Assistant Director of the Center for Stewardship Leaders at Luther Seminary and the Executive Director of Operations for Kairos and Associates and the Joshua Group. She is the co-author of the recently published stewardship book, Embracing Stewardship: How to Put Stewardship at the Heart of Your Congregation’s Life, as well as author of the 2013 ELCA stewardship resource, “Stewards of God’s Love.” She lives in Apple Valley with her husband, Tyler. She is currently the Financial Education Specialist at Portico Benefit Services.