Faith & Generosity Resources

Faith & Generosity Resources

A Parish Journey

Sherborne with Pamber reflects on their journey towards growing a generous culture within their parish. They were able to grow their finances to sustain their practical needs. They also recognised the power of prayer and the faithfulness of God through the process (you may need to ‘accept cookies’ via a pop up box – which should appear on your screen – in order to view this video content).

To see video reflections offered alongside Faith & Generosity Worship resources (please see below) please follow this link:

Link to Faith & Generosity Video Reflections
A Faith & Generosity Worship Resource offered for use as a programme over four consecutive weeks, or at intervals over the year

Everything we give—whether time, talents, or financial resources — is, before all else, a gift to God, from whom we have received everything that is good.

So, our first response as stewards of God’s gifts and disciples of Christ, will be gratitude. First and foremost, therefore, this resource is for giving thanks to God for His overwhelming generosity to us, whereby we are transformed by the saving grace of His Son.

The over-arching message is that learning, serving, growing, and loving, help us grow as disciples and see the world from God’s perspective – see the world as if through the eyes of God – and help us recognise that God’s unfathomable generosity demands that we live generously – because God is counting on us to build a Christ-centred future.

Link to download Serving Learning Growing and Loving resource

Booklet Version

A version of the resources above but in a larger font more suitable for printing as a booklet – either all pages, or just those pages from one or more themes.

BOOKLET Serving Learning Growing LovingDownload
Download booklet version

To see the new Lectionary resource offering a monthly reflection based on the Common Worship Lectionary please click on the link below.

Link to Talking Faith & Generosity Lectionary Resource

Faith and Generosity Parish Resource

A resource which examines some of the practical steps we can take as churches and parishes to live faithfully and generously as ‘people of God’ (1 Peter 2:10).

Faith & Generosity Parish ResourceDownload
Download Faith & Generosity Parish Resource
Please see editable resources via this link

Living Generously Reflections

The ‘Living Generously’ video reflections below from the national Church provide a rich resource for use in varied worship and study settings.

In this eight session course, Director of Giving, Jonathan de Bernhardt Wood, explores the simple, powerful moment in which Mary, a friend and follower of Jesus, displays the kind of astonishing generosity God Himself pours out on us. The wonder of the gospel is that this can be our story too as we discover the freedom of living generously.

Mary’s first generosity is with her time. There were other things she could’ve been doing. There are even things that could have been seen as more virtuous, as Martha, her sister points out.
Link to downloadable study guides
Mary’s second generosity – that of her attention – is one for this day and age where we are constantly distracted by news, opinions, information and gossip.
Mary had just seen her brother raised from the dead, so when she was generous with her wealth, she knew that her ‘sacrifice’ was utterly insignificant by comparison.

Like us all, Mary had God-given gifts and talents. This film explores her generosity with ‘whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable’.
The cost of the neared Mary used is one thing, but it was also a treasured possession – what can we be generous with that’s not necessarily expensive, but precious to us?
Could we be more like Mary – willing to be misunderstood, unfairly criticised or wrongly perceived? Mary’s generosity with perceptions of herself are a reflection point for us all.
When Mary anoints Jesus’ feet and wipes them with her hair, she would have been crouched in the dust and the dirt, in a position normally occupied by a servant. It can’t have been pleasant but she was generous with her personal comfort.
To live a generous life is to be liberated from thinking everything is ours or under our control. This film helps us understand our response to the seven generosities through the generosity web.