Stewardship – Deep Well Worship

Church in Progress

Stewardship comes around every year, and it’s easy to feel we’re just spinning our wheels. This four week stewardship sermon series reminds us that stewardship is a vital part of how we continue to progress as God’s church. Using a stretch from the RCL Year A (Proper 20-24), the series skims through Paul’s letter toContinue reading “Church in Progress”

Church in Progress: Call to Worship Cycle

These Calls to Worship were created to serve alongside the stewardship sermon series, Church in Progress.

Church in Progress: Confession Cycle

These unison confessional prayers were created to accompany the stewardship sermon series Church in Progress. You are welcome to use or adapt these liturgies for worship, with credit. When printing these liturgies, please use the following credit line: “Prayer by Rev. Carol Holbrook Prickett.” Week 1: “Work in Progress” God of grace and mercy, weContinue reading “Church in Progress: Confession Cycle”

Church in Progress: Litany of Commitment

The Litany of Commitment for the Church in Progress series echoes Paul’s statements from the Letter to the Philippians.

A Litany of Dedication: The Gifts of God

The gifts of God are all around us:in full grocery bags and crunchy leavesin costumed kids running around the neighborhoodin good coffee and warm socks and enough to go around.Praise God from whom all blessings flow! The gifts of God are right beside us:in a warm hello in the pew or in a chatin joyfulContinue reading “A Litany of Dedication: The Gifts of God”

Legacy: Confession Cycle

These unison confessional prayers were created to accompany the stewardship sermon series Legacy. You are welcome to use or adapt these liturgies for worship, with credit. When printing these liturgies, please use the following credit line: “Prayer by Rev. Carol Holbrook Prickett.” Week 1: “A Future Not Our Own” Merciful Lord,upon whom we build ourContinue reading “Legacy: Confession Cycle”

Legacy: Litany of Commitment

The suggested Litany of Commitment for the Legacy series is this responsive reading of The Romero Prayer, written by Bishop Ken Untener of Saginaw in 1979. Please attribute the prayer to Bishop Untener.

Legacy: Call to Worship Cycle

These Calls to Worship were created to serve alongside the stewardship sermon series, Legacy.

Legacy: Preparing for a Future Not Our Own

Too often, stewardship campaigns get bogged down in a need to “make this year’s budget.” This four week stewardship sermon series encourages us to take the long view of God’s mission instead, celebrating our chapter in the everlasting story of God’s vision for the church and the world. Legacy: Series Outline Week 1: A Future NotContinue reading “Legacy: Preparing for a Future Not Our Own”

A Deeper Well

This four-week stewardship sermon series is built around the theme “A Deeper Well.” It engages four scriptures with well/water imagery from both the Old and New Testament. Originally developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the series is designed to carry pastoral sensitivity for churches in times of economic uncertainty. It recognizes that giving money is aContinue reading “A Deeper Well”

Litany of Dedication: Entrusted

This responsive litany of dedication is appropriate to the blessing of financial pledges, offerings, or simply recommitting our energies to the church for a new year. It was created in concert with the sermon series Entrusted Treasures. God, you have trusted us to worship: we trust our gifts of money, skills, and presence to thisContinue reading “Litany of Dedication: Entrusted”

Entrusted Treasures

Loosely following a stretch of the Revised Common Lectionary for Year C, this four week stewardship sermon encourages us to think about the various treasures God has entrusted to us and empowers us to entrust our treasures to each other. Entrusted Treasures: Series Outline Week 1: Entrusted Treasures (2 Timothy 1:1-14)Introduce the sermon series with anContinue reading “Entrusted Treasures”

Confession Cycle: Entrusted Treasures

These unison confessional prayers were created to accompany the stewardship sermon series Entrusted Treasures You are welcome to use or adapt these liturgies for worship, with credit. When printing these liturgies, please use the following credit line: “Prayer by Rev. Carol Holbrook Prickett.” Week 1: “Entrusted Treasures” Gracious God, forgive uswhen we discount the powerContinue reading “Confession Cycle: Entrusted Treasures”

Entrusted Treasures: Call to Worship Cycle

These Calls to Worship were created to serve alongside the stewardship sermon series, Entrusted Treasures

Confession Cycle: Where Our Treasure Is

These unison confessional prayers were created to accompany the stewardship sermon series Where Our Treasure Is. You are welcome to use or adapt these liturgies for worship, with credit. When printing these liturgies, please use the following credit line: “Prayer by Rev. Carol Holbrook Prickett.” Week 1: “Worshipping God” Gracious Lord, we confessthat sometimes weContinue reading “Confession Cycle: Where Our Treasure Is”

Where Our Treasure Is: Call to Worship Cycle

These Calls to Worship were created to serve alongside the stewardship sermon series, Where Our Treasure Is.

Where Our Treasure Is

Money doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Money has a mission. This straightforward four-week stewardship sermon encourages the congregation to give to the vital mission and ministries God has laid our for the church. Note: This sermon series works best accompanied by a narrative budget, so you can give the congregation numbers for each area–how much moneyContinue reading “Where Our Treasure Is”

Litany of Dedication: Generations

This responsive litany of dedication is appropriate to the blessing of financial pledges, offerings, or simply recommitting our energies to the church for a new year. From generation to generation, you are the Lord. For the faithful of the ages, we give you thanks and praise: For the disciples and apostles of the early church,Continue reading “Litany of Dedication: Generations”