When your church participates in Everence Stewardship Partners, you'll find key information and resources to help you take full advantage of the program here.
What you need
Program highlights
Orientation guide
Build and grow the financial stewardship ministry in your church with Everence Stewardship Partners. This document gives the highlights of how Everence can help your congregation thrive.
The basics
Learn how to form your stewardship team and the unique role of the Stewardship Advocate.
Stewardship education
Find resources to inspire your church and help it live out faith values in financial decisions. We recommend books, curriculum, webinars/seminars and more for pastors, church leaders, adults and youth – many free.
Sharing Fund
Through sharing fund grants, Everence supports your faith community to help people with financial needs.
What you need
Three key tools
Advocates: use these tools to advance your stewardship ministry.
Stewardship and You
Review and choose resources in newsletter: When you participate in Partners, Everence sends you an quarterly newsletter, "Stewardship and You."
What you get: A quarterly newsletter from Everence with resources for both your church leaders and attenders. Watch for the emails on Jan. 2, Apr. 1, July 1 and Oct. 1
What you need to do: Plan how you will share the resources with your church leaders and attenders. You will be asked about how your congregation used these resources in your quarterly report.
Your quarterly report
Share resources used in report: In the quarterly report, tell Everence which resources met your needs and were used by your church.
What you need to do: Fill out the quarterly report by the end of the quarter – Apr. 1 (spring), July 1 (summer), Oct. 1 (fall) and Jan. 2 (winter). The report opens one month before the due date; the report's opening and due dates are firm.
What you get: An opportunity to share your church's experience with the stewardship resources we provided and eligibility for Sharing Fund grants the following year.
How to submit: Fill out the form that is emailed to you. You will need your Everence congregational ID to complete the report.
The Quarter 2 report will be available June 1.
Stewardship ministry assessment tool
Plan your future with our assessment: Everence offers a Stewardship Ministry Assessment Tool to help your church reflect on its stewardship ministry now and make plans for improvements ahead.
What you need to do: Work with your congregation's stewardship team to plan for the year ahead in the comprehensive PDF version. Then, officially submit your assessment answers to Everence via the abridged online form.
How to submit: Send your completed online version to Everence by Aug. 31 annually. You will need your Everence congregational ID to complete the report. All answers are required to all questions unless they are marked optional.
What you get: Goals and ideas from Everence to help you grow your stewardship ministry; Eligibility for Sharing Fund grants the following year.
Get Registered
Events
Everence workshops for church attenders and leaders.
Everence consultants around the country can support you in your stewardship ministry.
Stewardship consultants
National – Steve Bustos
Virginia – Lana Miller
Central Pennsylvania – Lynette Morales
Northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and Northwest Ohio – Marlene Kroeker
Northeast Ohio – Glenn Black Souderton and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Franco Salvatori Upper Midwest and New England– Lyle Miller
Western U.S. including Kansas and Oklahoma - Rhoda Blough
Services and resources
Everence offers many stewardship resources to your congregation.
Toolkit: Published seasonally four times a year, this newsletter can help your attenders to use their God-given gifts. Find the current issue and schedule here.
Everence bulletin board: Review the Guidelines for your congregation. For a title card, contact your stewardship consultant above.
Reply cards: English or Spanish cards for your members to request information or advice about Everence services. Contact your stewardship consultant above.
Welcome kits: English or Spanish packets to give to new members in your congregation. Contact your stewardship consultant above.
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Who we are
Learn more about Everence
Find key information about Everence and our commitment to faith communities and their values. Also find ways to share about Everence with your congregation.
