Generous Living & Giving
The Generous Living Team is here to support you as you seek to resource the work of the church in your parish, deanery or Local Mission Partnership. We are here to support you in a number of ways, with particular focus on:
Enabling Generosity
including the Parish Giving Scheme, giving reviews, gifts in wills and online & contactless giving
Encouraging Generosity
including the theology of Christian giving, developing a generous culture and embedding generosity
Meet the Generous Living Team
Colin Tomlin, Head of Generosity
colin.tomlin@lincoln.anglican.org
Colin leads the Generous Living Team focused on fostering a culture of generosity across our diocese.
This team is pivotal in building long term relationships with parishes, local mission partnerships and deanery partnerships in order to increase Covenant Pledge contributions, which is crucial in supporting the financial sustainability of our diocese.
Colin and the team are keen to help parishes explore ways in which they can fund their mission and ministry.
Andy Wright, Generous Living Advisor
andy.wright@lincoln.anglican.org
Andy supports parishes and LMPs as they seek to develop generosity in all its forms; as an expression of our discipleship and in response to God’s generosity.
His work focuses on an holistic approach to developing a culture of generosity, covering areas such as time, skills, talents, and hospitality, as well as money.
Andy welcomes invitations to meet with clergy, parish officers, LMP leaders and anyone in a position to encourage generosity in their church.
Generous Living Newsletter
We produce a quarterly newsletter for PCC treasurers and clergy, providing news and updates on issues relating to developing generosity. If you think you should be receiving this but have not, please contact us.
Useful Links
Parish Buying
Through the bulk buying power of the Church, Parish Buying is able to negotiate competitive prices with suppliers across a range of products. All of its suppliers undergo a careful selection process so users can purchase safe in the knowledge that there will be no catches or hidden surprises. Parish Buying manages the contracts too, and provides ongoing support from its customer service team.
Cornerstone
Cornerstone is a comprehensive, data-drived tool to help churches to grow giving and generosity in all its forms. It includes insights based on parish return data, step-by-step guidance known as pathways, and also a searchable database of grant funding providers. To get involved, contact generosity@lincoln.anglican.org
This first video provides an introduction to Cornerstone:
We were delighted that one of our parishes, All Saints, Nettleham, was chosen to feature in this Cornerstone case study:
You can read more about the work being done with Cornerstone at Nettleham here
This page provides a host of resources to help you plan a Generosity Week. These include:
- Newsletters
- Prayers
- Preaching Resources
- Resources for children
- Liturgy resources (including services of the Word, Eucharist, Morning and Evening Prayer
- Gospel study resources
- Promotion and marketing resources
