Stewardship
Generic Definition
“the conducting, supervising, or managing of something that belongs to someone else”
Biblical Definition
“using materials, time, energy and relationships that God has given me in a wise and careful manner”
Bible Verse
“Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.”
Proverbs 12:17
Notable Quotes
sourceRandy Alcorn
A former pastor,“Stewardship isn't a subcategory of the Christian life. Stewardship is the Christian life. After all, what is stewardship except that God has entrusted to us life, time, talents, money, possessions, family, and his grace? In each case, he evaluates how we regard what he has entrusted to us and what we do with it.”
sourceC. S. Lewis
“I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.”
sourceBilly Graham
“We are not cistern made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing.”
Downloads
- Character Trait Report (pdf)
- Intended to be used on a weekly basis.
- Students describe how they put the character trait into practice.
- Parent affirms, signs and dates the document.
