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Sharing – and by extension generosity – are skills that get easier with practice.

The beginning of the new program year seems to be the right time for ECF Vital Practices to share all we’ve been collecting related to generosity. Since September we have been sharing stories, resources, and best practices from congregations and congregational leaders who have adopted the practice of generosity.

New articles for October that address the theme of Practicing Generosity are:

Brick by Brick, by Elizabeth McKay Moosbrugger, an active member at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. She served on the vestry for six years including four years as clerk. She currently serves on the Standing Committee for the Diocese of Ohio. When she is not volunteering for the church, she is on the faculty for CREDO, has a small feeding ministry, and is a life coach. She recently received the "Transformational Stewardship Award" from TENS for her work as Diocesan Coordinator for Rebuilding Our Church in Haiti campaign for the Diocese of Ohio.

No More Pledge Cards -- Please!, by Angela Emerson, minister of stewardship development in the Diocese of Vermont. Actively involved with TENS, The Episcopal Network for Stewardship, she currently serves as a board member and blogs regularly for TENS.

Stewardship Presence-Making: A Parable, by Charles D. LaFond, canon for congregational life in the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire and a TENS board member. His current ministry combines 25 years as a fundraiser and nonprofit management executive and a decade as a priest and monk. Read more about Charles here.

Generosidad, Armantina R. Peláez es feligresa y miembro de la Junta Parroquial de la Comunidad Episcopal Anglicana de San Pablo, en Paterson, Nueva Jersey. Editor’s Note: This article will be available in English by October 5.