Presbyterian Mission Agency ministry relations officer Archives

Stewardship 101 lessons from Stewardship Kaleidoscope

Posted November 12th, 2024

Talking about money, and even more directly, asking for money as part of church stewardship, can make people uncomfortable — including church pastors and leaders.

Rev. Dana Waters joins Presbyterian Foundation as Ministry Relations Officer

Posted June 20th, 2024

The Rev. Dana Waters is the fourth person in his family — and the third Dana Waters — to be ordained into PC(USA) ministry. He is the newest Ministry Relations Officer to join the Presbyterian Foundation.

Mission work in Romania inspires ongoing support

Posted December 1st, 2021

Sometimes an invitation to visit a new place is life-changing. That’s certainly what happened to Jack Ferlino.

Be ready to receive planned gifts with policies, procedures

Posted October 5th, 2021

In 2020, 28% of all charitable gifts went to religious institutions, said the Rev. Ellie Johns-Kelley, the Presbyterian Foundation’s Ministry Relations Officer for the Allegheny and Chesapeake Region. Only 8% of Americans gave bequests to a church.

Giving isn’t just for fall anymore

Posted September 15th, 2021

The averted gaze when a member of the stewardship committee approaches. The neglected pledge forms. The Stewardship Sunday sermon the pastor secretly (or not so secretly) dreads giving. The annual stewardship campaign is a rite of autumn that must be endured. Right? Or, could stewardship be about abundance rather than scarcity? What if stewardship was a reason instead of a season?

The Rev. Dr. Rose Niles joins Presbyterian Foundation as field staff

Posted July 30th, 2021

The journey that led the Rev. Dr. Rose Niles to become the Presbyterian Foundation’s newest Ministry Relations Officer began when she was asked to become a ruling elder at the age of 14.

The do’s and don’ts of narrative budgets

Posted June 1st, 2021

The Book of Proverbs states that “without a vision, the people perish.” In the third webinar of a three-part series on stewardship, the Presbyterian Foundation’s Ministry Relations Officers the Rev. Dr. Rob Hagan and Maggie Harmon suggested that without a vision, not only do the people perish, but they also do not give.

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