"Stewardship is growing, developing, advancing, and building the gifts with which God has blessed us." Kennon L. Callahan

DEFINING STEWARDSHIP
by Pastor Al Lorentzen ELCA/DCM

• Stewardship is all we do and become after we say, "I believe." It is how we live out our belief. It determines the lifestyle we choose to live.
• Stewardship is not only about money or fund raising. It is about how we view life and God. It is understanding the sovereignty of God and our role as trustee.
• Stewardship is how we earn and spend income, use natural resources, care for those in need, plan for future generations, and grow out spiritual heritage and pass it on.
• Stewardship is rooted in creation, focused in covenant, and accounted for in consummation.

There are numerous stewardship resources available from the ELCA Web site. Also find resources in the synod's Heilig Resource Center.

Our synod has an ELCA Mission Interpreter who would be happy to consult on issues of stewardship. Contact Wayne Nelson, AIM.

Members of the Stewardship Committee are listed in the table below:

Title	First Name	Last Name
	Jamie	Bennett
	David	Clapp
Dr.	Kay	Conrad
The Rev.	Brady	Faggart
	Marty	Jenkins
	Nancy	Jones
	Betty	Kuhn
The Rev.	Mike	Ward