NCT Teaching and Preaching booklet

Giving and Mission

Some resources to help you to support any annual giving review during the Harvest season.

Church of England's Generosity Week

Generosity Week is a new initiative from the Church of England in the UK. It takes place during the Harvest season so that, as we thank God for his generosity to us, we also have the opportunity to think about how we might respond to that generosity – within our churches and communities.

A range of resources is available (though some may need adapting for the European context). These include Sunday services on themes of generosity and gratitude, morning prayers, evening prayers and compline, intercessions, podcasts and reflections, plus children’s materials.

Generosity Week could also be held at any other time of the year.

Diocese of Winchester: Sermons 

A five sermon series from the Diocese of Winchester on Luke chapters 14 to 17; including “The Cost of being a Disciple”, “The Lost Sheep & The Lost Coin” and “The Rich Man and Lazarus”. 

Diocese of Liverpool: All-age service materials

There is also some guidance notes which suggest some ways in which harvest festival can be integrated into an annual giving review programme.

The Church of England’s Generosity Learning Hub brings together a wide variety of materials, from all traditions, for all settings. The resources are free, but registration is required.

Giving in Grace from the Diocese of Liverpool includes extensive sermon resources with five different sermon tracks from Matthew, Mark, Luke, Exodus and 2 Corinthians. The Exodus and Luke resources also include all age worship materials.

Preaching Generosity is a new, weekly, bite-sized preaching resource, produced by the Diocese of Rochester in partnership with St Augustine’s College of Theology and the National Giving Team of the Church of England. Each week, a short sermon idea, drawn from one of that week’s Common Worship lectionary readings, will be made available to give preachers the tools to become comfortable and confident in preaching about generosity.

Giving in Grace from the Diocese of Liverpool looks at the role that small groups can play in exploring the topic of generosity. There are a range of bible studies based on Mark, Luke, Exodus and 2 Corinthians, plus links to other materials

The Church of England’s Reimagining The Offertory - From Collection to Offering offers guidance to enable churches to move closer to becoming both a joyful act of worship and a committed part of discipleship.

Giving in Grace from the Diocese of Liverpool has produced a useful guide to ‘Why Prayer Matters’, exploring the importance of prayer in the formation of discipleship around money for both individuals and for the church. The website also includes a number of ready-to-use prayer resources.