1. Children and Stewardship A Legacy That Lasts a Lifetime Stewardship University

2. Children and Stewardship O What’s Your Money Story?

3. Children and Stewardship How will our children learn to be generous?

4. Children and Stewardship How will our children learn to be generous? Does the church have anything to say in response to cultural messages?

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8. O Care of Creation and other property O Plant a “Thank you, God” garden O Tour the church and show how what we give supports ministry O Recycle!

9. Children and Stewardship O Teach Children about money O Help parents first! O Model generosity O Include youth, too. O Lots of resources O YouTube O 10-10-80 O Three Simples Rules

10. Children and Stewardship O Money is earned. O Teach them to save; let money work for you O Be an example! O Let them save to pay for stuff

11. Children and Stewardship O Teach them to give: model generosity O Introduce teens to financial institutions O Let them “earn and learn” O Law of “Opportunity Costs” O Discourage living on debt

12. Children and Stewardship O Tell stories! O Oseola McCarty O Saved her entire life O Retired in 1995 O Made a gift to USM

13. Children and Stewardship Remind them that all our life belongs to God “… is a gift from God.” “The earth is God’s and all that is in it, the world and all who dwell therein...” Psalm 24

14. Children and Stewardship O Giving thanks to God can happen in multiple ways O People put money into things that matter to them O God matters to us

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