S.E.T. - Stewardship, Education and Training - a place to begin SET was developed because of a dissatisfaction with the traditional campaign approaches to stewardship, and a desire for a short course in stewardship education and training which would concentrate on belief, attitude, and the lifestyle of the steward. It's goals were: To assist people to see stewardship in its wider context, that all that we have and all that we are, are individually and corporately GIVEN by God To increase the awareness that we have a RESPONSIBILITY to care for all that has been given to us, which includes our immediate families, our church family, and all the resources that are within our sphere of influence. To RECOGNIZE THE GIFTS, TALENTS, SKILLS that have been given to each of us for ministry inside the church, and outside the church in the larger community and the world. To promote the understanding of stewardship as a WAY OF LIFE which is directly connected with our baptismal covenant. To help people make DEFINITE COMMITMENTS in regard to their total ministry and resources on the basis of thanksgiving rather than on the basis of guilt and pity. To assist congregations in EXAMINING CONGREGATIONAL LIFE on the basis of good stewardship practices. Christian Stewardship: A Study Kit For Families developed for use in the Diocese of Brandon Manitoba Canada in 1980 - written by Alex Thomas and Rick Condo. Stewardship, a Lifestyle, a correspondence course written by Alex Thomas in 1983 for the College of Emmanuel St. Chad in Saskatoon. It covered: Stewardship in the Hebrew Scriptures, Stewardship in the New Testament, Developing beliefs about Stewardship, Writing our own beliefs about Stewardship Christian Stewardship life-style Giving Responding to the World Needs Stewardship in the Church Stewards For Life, a comprehensive resource for Stewardship programming developed by a number of people working in the field of Stewardship from across Canada in 1989: Merv Bater (Rupert's Land), Guy Butler (Tri-diocesan Stewardship Officer for Rupert's Land-Brandon-Keewatin), Rick Condo (Rupert's Land), Jim Dugan(Huron), Colin Hoath(New Westminster), Tom Moulton (Western Newfoundland), and Alex Thomas (Saskatoon). The National Staff support came from Carl Major and Gailsie Stewart. Laura Wright, from the Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. was a consultant. It was produced by the Stewardship Department of Anglican Church of Canada and introduced to all Canadian Dioceses during the early nineties. You Can Step-Up as Stewards in Action, written by Alex Thomas in 1987 - a manual for financial development in a parish. Originally known as simply the Step-up program, it was developed for use in the Diocese of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was later produced with the present name by the Stewardship Department of the Anglican Church of Canada and made available to parishes in the Canadian Church. Building Blocks - Developed jointly in 2001 by members of the Stewardship Committee of the Diocese of British Coumbia of which Alex was the Chairperson.  It inlcudes resources for a process of stewardship development in a parish.  Building Blocks include material that can be used  for: -  clarifying the task of stewardship in the congregation -  developing a statement of belief about stewardship -  analysing the present stewardship conditions in a parish -  conducting year 'round stewardship education, -  establishing an inventory of resources in the parish -  welcoming and assimilating new members -  contacting and challenging members -  doing month by month planning, -  continuing on-going evaluation of the programs.