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Greetings, beloved in Christ. I hope that you are well on this day. It is that time of year again, the time when churches are beginning their program year. And if part of your program you’re planning has you thinking about what you might do for stewardship, I heartily recommend Project Resource. Project Resource is a collaboration whose origins are here in the Episcopal Church of Colorado. And it is now a collaboration with the College for Bishops that aims to help church leaders focus and understand the why of congregational giving. It reminds us and helps us build tools that engage folks where they are. It helps them mind their own discernment of what church means to them and how their ministries are being called forth and how we are called forth to share in that ministry, both with our time and our talent and our financial resources. It helps congregations develop year-round stewardship. Stewardship that is not limited to a few months, but becomes part, an integral part of congregational life.
Our new Project Resource training begins on September 13 and runs through August 11, and it is subsidized by your diocesan contributions. And so if you want to sign up, please do and enter the discount code. This is your discount code, C-O-L-O-Dio, colodio, for a significant discount. And there’s other financial assistance available. If you have a very small church budget and you can’t see your way to pay for the full training, please contact my office and we will happily subsidize what we can for you. I believe that Project Resources changes not just the way we do stewardship, but the way we think about what stewardship means for us. Blessings.