{"id":4368,"date":"2022-05-02T11:52:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T15:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christianformation\/?p=4368"},"modified":"2022-05-02T11:52:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T15:52:04","slug":"growing-generosity-in-changing-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Generosity in Changing Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The pandemic has reminded us that we are all in this together! The shifts our churches have experienced help us realize that we must rethink stewardship and work collaboratively toward ministry goals when planning. This is especially true when encouraging generosity within the local church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your North Carolina Conference Financial Discipleship Team is here and ready to come alongside pastors and finance teams to think creatively and intentionally as you grow generosity in your faith community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team is offering a limited number of consultation opportunities. If you are a pastor or finance team who would like to brainstorm or plan with a Financial Discipleship team member, we can offer up to four one-hour Zoom consultations. Consultations can address specific concerns, goals for your parish\/charge, soliciting larger donations, or can be a time for collaborative brainstorming about a sermon series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Financial Discipleship Team looks forward to inspiring and equipping leaders in partnership with local congregations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please click the button below and complete the form to indicate your interest. We will contact you about timing and availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-red-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/financial-discipleship\/#consult\">Yes! Sign me up!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pandemic has reminded us that we are all in this together! The shifts our churches have experienced help us realize that we must rethink stewardship and work collaboratively toward [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,32,7,20],"class_list":["post-4368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-financial-discipleship","tag-giving","tag-healthy-congregations","tag-stewardship"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Growing Generosity in Changing Times | Christian Formation | North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Growing Generosity in Changing Times | Christian Formation | North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The pandemic has reminded us that we are all in this together! The shifts our churches have experienced help us realize that we must rethink stewardship and work collaboratively toward [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Christian Formation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/nccumc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-02T15:52:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/05\/Financial-Discipleship-1-e1651506654462.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"405\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Derek Leek\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nccumc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nccumc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Derek Leek\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Derek Leek\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5d7b12d73c4479ade507df4f4d5796a\"},\"headline\":\"Growing Generosity in Changing Times\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-02T15:52:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":187,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/16\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/Financial-Discipleship-1-e1651506654462.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Financial Discipleship\",\"Giving\",\"Healthy Congregations\",\"Stewardship\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Announcements\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\\\/\",\"name\":\"Growing Generosity in Changing Times | Christian Formation | North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/16\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/Financial-Discipleship-1-e1651506654462.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-02T15:52:04+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/16\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/Financial-Discipleship-1-e1651506654462.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/16\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/Financial-Discipleship-1-e1651506654462.png\",\"width\":720,\"height\":405},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Growing Generosity in Changing Times\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/\",\"name\":\"Christian Formation\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/nccumc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/nccumc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/nccumc\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\\\/christian-formation\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5d7b12d73c4479ade507df4f4d5796a\",\"name\":\"Derek Leek\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nccumc.org\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Growing Generosity in Changing Times | Christian Formation | North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Growing Generosity in Changing Times | Christian Formation | North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church","og_description":"The pandemic has reminded us that we are all in this together! The shifts our churches have experienced help us realize that we must rethink stewardship and work collaboratively toward [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/","og_site_name":"Christian Formation","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/nccumc","article_published_time":"2022-05-02T15:52:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":405,"url":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/05\/Financial-Discipleship-1-e1651506654462.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Derek Leek","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@nccumc","twitter_site":"@nccumc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Derek Leek","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/"},"author":{"name":"Derek Leek","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/#\/schema\/person\/f5d7b12d73c4479ade507df4f4d5796a"},"headline":"Growing Generosity in Changing Times","datePublished":"2022-05-02T15:52:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/"},"wordCount":187,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/05\/Financial-Discipleship-1-e1651506654462.png","keywords":["Financial Discipleship","Giving","Healthy Congregations","Stewardship"],"articleSection":["Announcements"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/","url":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/","name":"Growing Generosity in Changing Times | Christian Formation | North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/05\/Financial-Discipleship-1-e1651506654462.png","datePublished":"2022-05-02T15:52:04+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/05\/Financial-Discipleship-1-e1651506654462.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/05\/Financial-Discipleship-1-e1651506654462.png","width":720,"height":405},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2022\/05\/growing-generosity-in-changing-times\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Growing Generosity in Changing Times"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/","name":"Christian Formation","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/#organization","name":"North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church","url":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/nccumc","https:\/\/x.com\/nccumc","https:\/\/instagram.com\/nccumc"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/#\/schema\/person\/f5d7b12d73c4479ade507df4f4d5796a","name":"Derek Leek","sameAs":["https:\/\/nccumc.org"]}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/05\/Financial-Discipleship-1-e1651506654462-600x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/05\/Financial-Discipleship-1-e1651506654462-600x405.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Derek Leek","author_link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/author\/dcleek\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}