Everyday Stewardship

Everyday Stewardship is our flagship magazine published three times a year for Everence members. It offers educational columns plus popular stories of inspiring, real people who share some of the financial, health and other stewardship issues in their lives.
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In the Summer of 2023, five Everence employees dove into the history of the Civil Rights Movement, to confront the brutal realities of the past and carry home messages of hope and reconciliation. Learn more about their journey. 
Stories

Everyday Stewardship current stories

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Everyday Stewardship

The Moyer family embodies generosity across generations and around the world

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Protect your financial information

Learn to distinguish the real from fake in the digital age

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Community development investing

Every investment has an impact: What’s yours?

A crash course in Socially Responsible Investing

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Church and finance

Stewardship formation in three stages

Growth in generosity reflects model of spiritual development

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Everence staff and board members at the MC USA Hope for the Future 2023 gathering
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Everence participates in Hope for the Future 2023

Gathering brings together Black, Indigenous, Latino/a, Asian and other people of color from across Mennonite Church USA

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Everyday Stewardship cover, Fall 2023

Winter 2023

The Moyers' story is one of generosity and love across family, community and the world at large, spanning decades and impacting generations.
Everyday Stewardship cover, Summer 2023

Summer 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic jolted the economy in many ways, but three years in, have these jolts affected people's financial decisions?
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Fall 2022

Find out what drives Mary and Ervie Glick to reach out and help so many people.
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Summer 2022

Steve Thomas of Mennonite Men is encouraging people to plant 1 million trees.
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Spring 2022

Dr. Ben and Jen Fredrick have a passion to serve the underserved.
Everyday Stewardship cover, fall 2021

Fall 2021

Regina Shands Stoltzfus is the recipient of the 2021 Everence National Journey Award.
Everyday Stewardship Summer 2021

Summer 2021

Roger and Jane Stichter of Winona Lake, Indiana, are showing how we can become more generous.
Cover, spring 2021

Spring 2021

In March 2020, everyday life transformed. The COVID-19 pandemic touched all aspects of life, and communities of faith have been especially affected.
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Fall 2020

Find out just a few of the reasons why Everence ® recently presented our National Journey Award to Don Schierling of Denver, Colorado, a remarkable person who shares his faith through his actions.
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Summer 2020

This year, 2020, marks 75 years since Everence® started as Mennonite Mutual Aid. A lot has happened in 75 years of combining faith and finances.
Everyday Stewardship 2020 - National Journey Award for Jay Lehman

Spring 2020

Jay Lehman has a legacy of helping when help is needed. 
Summer-Fall 2019

Summer/Fall 2019

A new Everence office in Philadelphia demonstrates a commitment to helping people reach their financial goals.
Kevin Ressler (elderly man with hat) of Meals on Wheels of Lancaster (Pennsylvania),  talks with volunteer Dan Cooper (man with glasses) Everyday Stewardship cover, spring 2019

Spring 2019

What's special about Meals on Wheels of Lancaster, Pennsylvania? Try delivering meals to more than 400 clients daily and managing a staff of 10 employees and 500 or so volunteers.
Sonido de Alabanza pastor Sergio Nava poses inside church construction for the cover of Everyday Stewardship Fall 2018

Fall 2018

Sonido de Alabanza is growing and moving into a new two-story facility that will serve as a worship center and hub of activity in the Chicago suburb of Cicero, Illinois.
Everyday Stewardship Summer cover 2018

Summer 2018

Elaine Gammell needed a new kidney. Harold Nussbaum and Kyle Roy each donated a kidney, even though ...

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Spring 2018

Chris Meyer, his wife, Erin Gotwals, and their son live in a house that exemplifies sustainable living ...

Michelle and John Sharp pose with painting of their son, Michael (MJ) Sharp

Fall 2017

MJ Sharp worked with the United Nations and before that, with MCC, to promote peace in ...

Summer 2017

When people in Denver got together to help the homeless, they built a special type of village that features ...
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Spring 2017

We've heard the expression about change being the only constant in life, but when change involves...

Elderly couple Gilberto and Elizabeth Perez stand in kitchen cooking a meal

Fall 2016

Gilberto and Elizabeth Perez are grateful that some of the financial actions they took have led to...

90 year old Goshen (Indiana) College Professor Mary K. Oyer  holds a one-string fiddle

Summer 2016

Longtime Goshen (Indiana) College Professor Mary K. Oyer holds a one-string fiddle known as a...
Brenda Brown and Talisa Lopez-Garcia (who is enjoying her retirement) sit facing each other while sitting on a step talking

Spring 2016

One thing Brenda doesn't have to worry about in retirement is her health coverage and...

3 mature men Dean Denner, Bill Dorsett and Dave Redmon check on solar panels

Fall 2015

Dean Denner, Bill Dorsett and Dave Redmon check on solar panels to ensure things are...

Bruce Strum and volunteers in the background digging to prepare the garden plots at Jacob’s Well Community Garden

Summer 2015

Bruce Strum and volunteers prepare the garden plots at Jacob's Well Community Garden...