 Issue: 2008-11-06 WELCOME, to the first edition of TENS' E-Newsletter, a free service to those who subscribe at the TENS website home page.
This resource is a supplement to our print newsletter and will be distributed on an irregular basis. Our intent is to work up to a regular schedule of every two weeks. As we begin this effort, expect a greater interval of time between issues.
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Giving and the Economic Crisis Articles dealing with the arrival of the fall “stewardship season” and the global economic crisis dominate the October 2008 edition of the Diocese of Lexington (KY) newspaper, The Advocate. Authors include Terry Parsons, former Stewardship Officer of TEC, the Rt. Rev. Gregory Rickel, the Rev Johnnie E. Ross, the Rev. Janey Wilson, the Rev. Jan Dunnavant, and The Rev. Whayne Hougland along with personal reflections from the editor, Kay Collier McLaughlin. All offer excellent resources for reflection and teaching in this time of financial anxiety in our culture.
Click here to open, print and/or save a PDF file of this excellent resource. |
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Skit Offers Teaching Opportunity An original skit, “Notes by an Imbedded Reporter,” (inspired by Mark 8:27-31), written by John Vernon Oaks, Stewardship Officer of the Diocese of Indianapolis, is a wonderful teaching tool for both large and small groups.
Click here to open, print and/or save a PDF file of the script. |
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More Skits In the Courtyard is an excellent web site posted by Margaret D. McGee that includes humorous skits that teach biblical stewardship principles based on themes in the three year lectionary cycle.
Go to: In the Courtyard |
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Planned Giving News: Discovering the Secret Giver Recently, The Stelter Company combined forces with the nationally renowned research firm Selzer & Company, Inc., to provide groundbreaking research about the practice of persons naming charities in their wills -- who does it, when and why.
The discovery? The audience that most gift planners target today may represent only the tip of the iceberg.
Watch a video presentation on the findings and download the full report. |
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The Charitable IRA Rollover Gift The Charitable IRA Rollover has been popular with thrifty philanthropists nationwide. The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 extends this tax-smart gift idea into the year 2009.
At the TENS website we have posted useful flyer you can adapt for promoting gifts from those at least seventy and one-half years of age who are able to take advantage of this tax benefit.
Click here to open, print and/or save a PDF file of the flyer. |
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Featured Link: The Story of Stuff
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of it is hidden from view. “The Story of Stuff” is a twenty-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. As the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues are exposed, “The Story of Stuff” calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever. |
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February 11-12, 2009, Gatlinburg, TN  Plan now to attend the 2009 TENS Conference.
Pre-Conference for diocesan stewardship staff will be Feb. 10th - 11th.
Click to go to the conference website. |
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