Inside this Issue...

Feature — Financial Reality in Uncertain Times

10 Stewardship and Simplicity as Christian Discipline

12 Fishers of People, Not Keepers of the Aquarium

17 A Capital Campaign Now?

19 This Recession is Different — The Economy and the Church

21 Commentary — Scarcity Versus Abundance

22 From Minnesota to North Carolina — One Person’s Journey of Giving

News

5 Lutherans & Moravians Plan 10 Year Anniversary Celebration

6 Congregational Health the Focus of Northern Province Leadership Retreat

8 Southern Province Task Force Makes Re-Structure Recommendations

Church Planting

23 From a Novice Planter — New Hope Community Church, Indianapolis, Indiana

24 The Invitation Jar — The Promise Church, Lewis Center, Ohio

Ministry to Older Adults

25 Raising of a Moravian Star — Auburn Manor, Minnesota

27 Benevolent Care for Older Adults and the Moravian Response

Mission

30 Zipora Kimwaga — A Mother with 3400 Children

In Every Issue

4 Ponderings

32 Letters to the Editor

34 Official Provincial Elders’ News