General Synod 2004 approved “Letting Down the Nets” (LDTN) a strategy for raising more funds for parishes, diocese, and General Synod. The strategy has several levels, one of which is stewardship.
Request for dioceses to be pilot projects in the development of the stewardship part of the project. (LTDN pilot project requirements)
NS & PEI apply for project. (LTDN Presentation format)
NS & PEI are approved as a pilot project and begin next steps.
On June 12 the LDTN consultants, Geoff Jackson and Rob Waller, met with Bishops Fred and Sue for five hours to go over their report in detail. In the evening, they met with the Stewardship Resource Development Group to present their report. Everyone agreed that the report has caught the strengths and weaknesses of our diocese, as well as the opportunities for, and threats to, the success of a stewardship education program in our parishes.
A shortened version was presented to Diocesan Council on June 15. Council agreed that more time was needed to study such an important report and agreed to meet September 13, 10am to 4pm to work on the report and its recommendations.
The report of the LDTN interviewers is now available.
Our membership in The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) provides us with 20 copies of their newsletter. Twenty people around the diocese now receive the TENS Newsletter. You can find the nearest one to you here.
Their resources, conferences and speakers are now available to us. The Chair, Mr Bruce Rockwell will be our keynote speaker at Synod in October 2006.
Contact us at
programassistant@nspeidiocese.ca for more information.
RESOURCES:
A catalogue “Resources for Parish Financial Development” is available from the Resource Centre. Also check out the Resource Centre's Stewardship Resource List.
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