2026 Stewardship Kaleidoscope introduces new workshop tracks, including Worship & Theology!
| Greetings from the Stewardship Kaleidoscope Planning Team! When you join us in scenic Baltimore Sept. 21-23 for the annual Stewardship Kaleidoscope Conference, you’ll find an abundance of opportunities to learn from both headliners in the stewardship field as well as one another! We look forward to welcoming you to the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel this fall, where you can count on experiencing… informal meetups in the hallway, conversations over meals, and plenaries presented by influential keynoters and powerful worship leaders. Among the many peer-to-peer connections that our participants consistently lift up as invaluable are the workshops presented by their ministry colleagues, who must similarly meet the challenge of delivering inspiring stewardship messages to their congregations. In response to your interest in this emphasis, we have curated a workshop track focused specifically on Worship and Theology, in which you will have the opportunity to choose from among these four distinct, thought-provoking topics: · Weaving Stewardship into Worship Throughout the Church Year (A-11) will explore how we talk about generosity in worship outside of “stewardship season.” Included: sermon ideas, sample worship themes and liturgy, and suggestions for involving lay leadership. · Beyond the Box: Creating a Stewardship Series for the Church you Actually Have (B-14) will introduce aids for use by both clergy and lay persons called upon to preach a stewardship sermon at any time of the year. · Making Generous Disciples: Stewardship as Faith Formation (C-15) will look into a theology of generosity that begins and ends with discipleship, including strategies and tactics. · Worshiping God with Gratitude through Liturgy and Preaching (D-16) focuses on composing liturgy, corporate prayers and sermons that highlight grateful and generous stewardship. You’ll be able to sign up for any or all of the above workshops during our quick and easy conference registration process. Interested in other stewardship-related workshops – planned giving, funding strategies, basic or advanced, academic or practical, small church stewardship, giving in economically challenged congregations? Then this is the conference for you! From property ministry to annual campaigns to stewardship marketing/communications plus other timely topics, we’ve got you covered! We are also very excited by this year’s line-up of plenary speakers and worship leaders, which we announced last month via the Presbyterian News Service. Register by June 30 to qualify for our discounted early-bird rate! See you in Baltimore! Sincerely, Stewardship Kaleidoscope Planning Team |