Generosity

Synod Endowments Map

ELCA Foundation Partnership

Your partner for increased funding through legacy giving and endowments.    Would an unexpected gift of $200,000 make an impact on your ministry? How about a gift of over $1 million? Would it help if you had an inexhaustible source of ministry funding that simply injected thousands or tens of thousands of dollars into your […]

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Star Shinning

Advent Giving

Longing for peace, our world is troubled. Longing for hope, many despair. Your word alone has pow’r to save us. Make us your living voice. Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts. Shine through the darkness. Christ, be our light! Shine in your church gathered today. -ELW 715 As we near the end of

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Team Talking

Stewardship Zoom Recordings

GSB Fundraising Consultants, Pete Reuss and Paul Marsh, provided Zoom Stewardship Trainings for Rostered Ministers and Lay Leaders on Thursday, August 17th. Click the links below to view the recordings. Rostered Ministers Zoom Recording Stories of Thanksgiving – Energized Congregations are Generous Congregations PowerPoint PDF All Congregation Leaders Zoom Recording Telling Stories – Exciting Congregations

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Building a Culture of Generosity

Need help or support with your fall stewardship campaign? Our partners at GSB Fundraising provide an excellent program called Building a Culture of Generosity. Participating congregations will receive: An easily implemented program designed to stimulate generosity Professionally designed, adaptable materials Letter templates for the stewardship drive Six virtual, live training events with a GSB Consultant

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Advent Candles

Advent Gift

In the Southwestern Minnesota Synod, we rejoice as we enter the season of Advent, knowing the ways God has been present with us during the past year. We rejoice over the ways God has worked through our ministry together with you. We enter the season of Advent this year with an excitement, renewed energy, and

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Have you ever wondered how to inspire generosity in your church?

GSB Fundraising  /  www.gsbfundraising.com Have you ever wondered how to inspire generosity in your church? If so, you’re not alone! Through a new partnership with the Southwestern Minnesota Synod, we are excited to help you and your congregation do just that. We have a simple philosophy—changing congregational culture from a mindset of scarcity (we can’t

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