From CSN member Brad Brestel, he highly recommeds that stewardship leaders check out this sermon from the Senior Pastor at Linclon Brean Church, in Linclon NE.

Great Grace Should Produce Great Generosity
Each One Reach One: The Cost and Rewards
2 Corinthians 8:1-24
Pastor Bryan Clark
Here is the address:

http://www.lincolnberean.org/mediafiles/great-grace-should-produce-great-generosity.pdf

The Board of Directors has designated Tuesday, November 24th as the Day of Prayer for CSN. Members across the country are asked to pause and pray for our organization, its leadership and staff. Please pray particularly for the the coming FORUM meeting in Feburary, wisdom for our leadership, and for the new board members to be elected in 2011 class. For your use, there is a longer listing of specific prayer requests and to receive it please contact Mike Graham at lgsecc@insightbb.com . Thank you.

For many folks they think of the monthly The Atlantic magazine as the source of some drop dead cartoons, and stimiulating articles. How’s your blood pressure? If it is good, check out this article sent to us by member Ralph Weitz and give us your feedback…did they get it right on the prosperity gospel issue?

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200912/rosin-prosperity-gospel

The November n-LINK conference call is now history and it was a special opportunity for the membership to get to know Gary Moore the President and Founder of Financial Seminary. Gary has authored five books on faith and wealth management with the last two being Spiritual Investments and Faithful Finances 101. You can read more of Gary’s concepts at www.financialseminary.org.

Gary is providing you, at no cost, the option of receiving two free DVD’s:

“The Gods, Prophets & Priests of Wall Street ” (4 talks, Willow Creek Church)

“Spirituality & The Global Economy.” ( appox. 2 hours length, recorderd at the Florida United Methodist Foundation)

You need only to email your DVD request with Your return address to Garmoco@hotmail.com.

To learn more about Gary’s views Martin Davis, Director, Congregational Resource Guide, will be hosting Gary on CR Radio on Monday, December 2. You are welcome to link to listen live, or later, is at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cr-radio/2009/12/02/what-of-church-giving

The CSN n-LINK conference call yesterday highlighted a guest interview with Gary Moore the Founder and President of Financial Seminary. Many folks have asked for a list of the books he cited during a fast-moving and informative call. Below you will find the list. Next week the books will be available though the CSN website, when you click Resources, and Recommended Readings:

1. “Faith and Wealth” by Justo Gonzalez

2. “God and Mammon” in America by Robert Wuthnow

3. “Church on Sunday, Work on Monday” by Laura Nash

4. “God at Work” by David Miller

5. “Faithful Finances 101” by Gary Moore

6. “Prosperity and the Coming Apocalypse” by Jim Bakker

7. “Post-Capitalist Society” by Peter Drucker

8. “Puritan Gift” by Ken and Will Hopper

Gary Moore has an expanded reading list that may be obtained by contacting him at garmoco@hotmail.com

Recently long-term CSN member, Mike Graham, was appointed to the new staff position as the CSN Prayer Coordinator. He will be supervising the regular CSN Days of Prayer and the prayer for special events and idividuals. In the event you have a prayer request please contact Mike directly at mlgsecc@insightbb.com. Thanks Mike for your future service!

Congratulations to CSN Member Ralph Weitz for completing 20 years of faithful ministry at Immanuel Bible Church, in Springfield, VA.  Ralph is a real Phillies Guy.

We would like to remind you about our next CSN nLINK Call that is happening on Thursday, November 19, 2009 from 4-5 PM ET!

This month we welcome Gary Moore!  Gary has a degree in political science from the University of Kentucky. After serving as an artillery officer, he became a senior vice president of investments at Paine Webber during the 1980s. He then thought about attending seminary but soon discovered that seminaries no longer teach about the moral dimensions of managing this world’s wealth, despite them being a favorite topic of Moses, Jesus, and the church fathers.

He began informal study of the subject and later founded The Financial Seminary, a non-profit ministry, to build bridges between the financial and moral communities. He also founded his own investment firm as “counsel to ethical and spiritual investors.” Since then, he has advised some of America’s well-known ministries, churches, banks, and individual investors, while authoring many articles about integrating religion or spirituality and ethics with personal financial management and political economy.  His views and writings have appeared in Forbes, Money, Business Week, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Bottom Line, Christianity Today, Moody, The National Religious Broadcasters’ Magazine, and many newspapers.  Gary has also recently began serving as a columnist for the Good $ense Newsletter.

This month’s call will be insightful, thought provoking, and hopefully a bit challenging to you!  Be sure that you take advantage of this opportunity to hear from Gary.  To join in, please dial 1-866-332-5662 and then use the access code 7540254.  We look forward to your participation on the call!

Ron Blue and Jeremy White team up in this 5 week, DVD based small group study based on their book, Surviving Financial Meltdown. As the economic crisis settles, many are left with the aftermath of financial meltdown in their personal financial lives. Blue and White use solid biblical principles that transcend economic cycles to frame a practical outline of goal setting, budgeting, debt reduction, and generosity. In his classic encouraging and holistic style, Blue encourages participants to turn down the volume on the world’s noise and turn up the volume on what God has to say about money. White brings a fresh perspective to many of the practical tools in the study. Participants will be encouraged and equipped through the application guides and devotional guides offered in the workbook.

Normally $69.95, CSN members can order the Leader’s Kit (DVD, book, and workbook) for just $54.95. (http://estore.rrd.com/WALKTHRUTHEBIBLE/product.aspx?guid=d9e94c5f-fb13-426c-9a50-2754136511b0&) Additionally, participant workbooks are offered at $7.95 – a 20% discount. (http://estore.rrd.com/WalkThruTheBible/product.aspx?guid=274c3344-e464-4f56-a92b-0d6f3b1212ad&) Please note that participants will need a book, as well. Book and workbook packs are available for $15.95. (http://estore.rrd.com/WALKTHRUTHEBIBLE/product.aspx?guid=6ae500bc-6a08-49f1-90ab-20f600f45e90&) If you have questions about the study or wish to learn more, email Karen Guess at karen.guess@masteryourmoney.com or visit www.walkthru.org.