Resources for Pastors

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Click the button below to access resources for pastors and leaders in the local church.

Add our Planned Giving microsite to your website to help your people understand all of their giving options.

Inspire stewardship and generosity in your church by hosting a seminar.

Group Study Materials

Order Ron Blue materials for your congregation, for individuals, or for group study. Discounts are available for purchases of 10, 25, 50, and 100 copies per title. The 4Hs of Financial Wisdom is a great starting point for anyone and is provided as a free downloadable PDF.

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Non-cash gifts (planned gifts) can significantly increase giving and generosity in your church.

By adding customized planned giving web pages to your website, your church members can explore giving options beyond the offering plate - options that can benefit them and your church. Orchard Alliance will provide all the planned giving information; you provide your logo, colors, and preferred pictures to seamlessly integrate the pages into your current website. If your members have questions or are ready to establish a planned gift, Orchard Alliance’s experienced staff will walk them through the process. Check out an example of what these pages look like at orchardalliance.org/pgm.

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Host A Stewardship Seminar to Increase Generosity in Your Church

Host an on-site stewardship seminar and ignite generosity in your church. Through practical and inspiring education, attendees will learn about the challenges of stewardship in three key life phases: Getting Established, Building Impact, and Leaving a Legacy. No matter what phase they are currently in, participants will walk away with the tools and resources they need to align their faith with their finances. Seminars can be done regionally, or in an on-site format. In addition to on-site presenters, Orchard Alliance’s team of gift and estate design professionals will also be supporting the event so your attendees can take action right away.

Seminars are a powerful tool to help your congregation grow in biblical stewardship. Learning about the many ways they can provide for their families, support ministry, and receive significant tax savings can result in the greatest gifts of their lifetime. By partnering with Orchard Alliance, your church can be included in those large gifts.

Complete the form below to let us know you’re interested in hosting a seminar for your church.

Support for Pastors/Leaders

The following resources are provided to help your congregation grow in financial discipleship. These files are in their original format and have not been modified. Please give appropriate credit to authors where appropriate.

Please note: This section is actively under development. Some links may not be accurate while a specific resource is being completed. Check back often as we continue to add to this section.

“From Stress to Rest” series - Riverside Church

Videos and handouts for this four-part series.

1. The Ultimate Financial Planner

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Guide
Guide (mobile)
Answers

2. Money No-No’s

Video
Guide
Guide (mobile)
Answers

3. I Can See Clearly Now
Part 1

Video
Guide
Guide (mobile)
Answers

4. I Can See Clearly Now
Part 2

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Guide
Guide (mobile)
Answers

Personal Finance Seminar - Ron Blue

Teaching outline, worksheets, and slide decks for the four sessions.

Outline

Teaching outline

Worksheets

Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4

Slide decks

Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4

God Owns It All - Ron Blue

Sample chapter, training videos, and workshop resources for this six-session bible study.

Intro

Sample chapter

Training videos

Ron Blue
Sharon Epps

Workshop

Slide deck
Teaching outline
Teaching instructions
Listening guide
Pie diagram worksheet

Master Your Money series - Ron Blue

Sermon outlines and small group study guides for this four-part series.

1. Spend Less Than You Earn

Sermon outline
Small group study guide

2. Avoid the Use of Debt

Sermon outline
Small group study guide

3. Give Generously

Sermon outline
Small group study guide

4. Set Long-Term Goals

Sermon outline
Small group study guide

Generosity Prayers - New Spring Church

Generosity Prayer One:

Gracious God,

We thank you for the opportunity to joyfully contribute to your Kingdom with our finances, time, and presence. As we give, remind us that everything we have is yours. As we give, remind us that our security is found in you and not in money or possessions. As we give, remind us that true riches are found in your Kingdom. Magnify these gifts to bless our congregation, serve our neighbors, and multiply the impact of your generous love near and far.

Amen.

Generosity Prayer Two:

Holy Father,

All that we have and are belong to You, bought with the blood of Jesus Christ. We bring nothing into this world and we take nothing out of it. To spend everything on ourselves and to give without sacrifice is the way of the world. But we choose to follow the way of Jesus, with free hearts and renewed minds, as joyful ambassadors of Your Kingdom. Help us increase in generosity until it can be said that there is no person in need among us. Increase our faithfulness with what we’ve been given that You may trust us with true riches. Above all, make us generous because our Father is generous, and as Your daughters and sons we want to show the world what You are like.

Amen.

(adapted from a generosity liturgy written for Church of the City, NYC)

Faith & Finance Starter Pack

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  • 4Hs Assessment

  • Simplifying the Money Conversation

  • Financial Hope; and

  • God Owns It All

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  • "You should have two financial goals in life: to make a little money first, and then to make a little money last."

    Unknown

  • "If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor, indeed. We are bought by the enemy with the treasure in our own coffers."

    Edmund Burke

  • "Every man ought to have money on his mind. No man ought to have money on his heart."

    Anonymous

  • "How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver."

    Proverbs 16:16

  • "The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, but everyone who is hasty comes surly to poverty."

    Proverbs 21:5

  • "Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth."

    Ecclesiastes 11:2

  • "Almost any man knows how to eary money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it."

    Henry David Thoreau

  • "We are not to jude thrift soley by the test of saving or spending. If one spends what he should prudently save, that certainly is to be deplored. But if one saves what he should prudently spend, that is not necessarily to be commended. A wise balance between the two is the desired end."

    Owen D. Young

  • "There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there."

    Colonel Sanders

  • "A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, and the wealth of the sinner has stored up for the righteous."

    Proverbs 13:22

  • "Planning one's finances must take place under the sovereignty of God, recognizing His omnipotence, wisdom, purposes, and plans."

    Ron Blue

  • "If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area of his life."

    Billy Graham

  • "God can have our money and not have our hearts, but He cannot have our hearts without having our money."

    R. Kent Hughes

  • "Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share."

    I Timothy 6:18

  • "Ultimately, financial planning is the predetermined use of financial resources in order to accomplish certain goals and objectives. The difference in financial planning between the Christian and the non-Christian is the belief as to whom the financial resources belong and the source of the goals and objectives."

    Ron Blue

  • "…every spending decision is a spiritual decision"

    Ron Blue

  • "Stewardship is the use of God-given resources for the accomplishment of God-given goals."

    Ron Blue

  • "A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart."

    Jonathan Swift

  • "Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can."

    John Wesley

  • "A man's treatment of money is the most decisive test of his character - how he makes it and how he spends it."

    Moffat

  • "Financial planning is allocating limited financial resources among unlimited alternatives."

    Ron Blue