The Everyday Stewardship Vision
As the baptized, we are called to grow in our faith to a point where we respond to the call of Jesus Christ regardless of the cost. This leads us to an everyday way of living, not just a series of activities or good deeds. When we find ourselves truly living a stewardship way of life, we realize that we have transformed, to aid in transforming our parishes and then the world around us.
Grow Parish Engagement
LPi offers a wide variety of coaching and consultative services to help your parish grow in mature discipleship and a stewardship way of life. Stewardship catechesis, strengths coaching for both leadership bodies or individuals, or processes geared toward creating a greater unity in parish collaboratives are all ways that LPi can partner with you to help make your communities clearer reflections of the Kingdom of God.
Building Stewardship in Your Parish
A typical path to success in this area often begins with a stewardship day event for all the leaders and primary stakeholders in your community. Next, we assist you in forming small reflection groups, journeying together and focused on the key characteristics of a good everyday steward. Finally, a parish mission for the entire community over several days will help solidify the concepts and principals already introduced.
6 Characteristics of an Everyday Steward
Mindful
Lives in the present, without the baggage of the past, and without fear of the future.
Prayerful
Sees entire day as an opportunity to be in the presence of God.
Grateful
Gives thanks for all of God’s blessings, especially the little everyday ones.
Gracious
Receives all of God’s creation in a welcoming and hospitable manner.
Committed
Perseveres daily in a way of life acknowledging everything belongs to God.
Accountable
Understands the value of parish community and the role it plays.
Stewardship, Strengths & Engagement Coaching
Talks & Workshops
Invite Tracy Earl Welliver to speak at your parish or diocese. You can choose topics in engagement, strengths and talents, communication, and Everyday Stewardship.
Parish Missions
Inspire your parishioners with Tracy Earl Welliver speaking at all weekend Masses and leading five additional talks over 2–3 days.
Strengths Coaching
Uncover your God-given talents and work to cultivate them into strengths for God’s glory with a Gallup© trained & certified strengths coach during a day or weekend retreat, or individual parish leaders coaching.
Planning and Assessment
Let LPi work with you on a vision or use our assessment tools to uncover what is going on in the community.
Parish Staff Coaching
Use the StrengthsFinder© assessment and solid pastoral ministry principles to help your staff and leadership team learn to work together for the greater good of the parish community.
Exclusive Stewardship Tools
Whether it be low-cost but high-value books for your parishioners or prayer cards and posters that make an important statement about a mature stewardship way of life, we have tools for you to use to help build greater engagement and inspire people to become true disciples of Jesus Christ. We are working on new materials all the time, so check back with us from time to time to see what’s new!
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Stewardship of the Good Samaritan
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The Stewardship of the Good Samaritan
Were those who passed by the man on the road required to stop? Are you and I required to respond to the daily call of Jesus Christ? No. True stewardship requires nothing of us because true stewardship is all about giving of oneself freely.
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4 C’s of Stewardship Communication
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The 4 C’s of Stewardship Communication
Building a communication strategy on the 4 C’s of stewardship communication (Concrete, Consistent, Constant, and Creative) is good stewardship, because how you handle the message entrusted to you by Christ and his Church matters.
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StrengthsFinder in the Church
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StrengthsFinder in the Church
As Church leaders, we have for too long asked people to give of themselves to their parishes and their global community without helping them discover what they have to give. The Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment is a great tool to help them discover just that.
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The Power of Witnessing
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The Power of Witnessing
The stories others tell can provide us with motivation, inspiration, and the impetus to act, or at least, consider an action of our own. When a story you hear is an actual witness or testimony to something great, the ability for such stories to impact our lives profoundly increases.
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Tracy Earl Welliver
Director of Parish Community & Engagement for LPi
Tracy oversees LPi’s stewardship coaching and catechesis in parishes and dioceses worldwide. He holds a BA in theology from DeSales University, an MTS from Duke Divinity School, and has experience as a Catholic speaker, author, engagement coach, and Gallup-trained strengths coach. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors for the International Catholic Stewardship Council, a body that awarded St. Pius X Catholic Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, the parish where Tracy served as Pastoral Associate for twenty-two years, the Archbishop Murphy Award for stewardship excellence.
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