A1. “Multiplying the Gift: Tax-Effective Giving” 
                                                     Milly Siderius and Wayne Kroeker

Research has shown that donors who integrate charitable donations into an overall tax efficient strategy tend to give twice as much as those who do not. In light of this and the goal of encouraging prudent stewardship, charities should be proactive in being knowledgeable about tax effective strategies available to serve the varying needs of today's donors.

Milly Siderius, CM, PFP, BRE, is the Manager of Stewardship Services at Canadian Council of Christian Charities .* She provides her wealth of experience and expertise to assist charities in areas of technical assistance and resources on financial and stewardship issues. Milly has a degree in Financial Planning as well as a PFP designation. She also holds a Bachelor of Religious Education in Pastoral Studies and is a Certified Minister with the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada.
Wayne Kroecker is CCCC's Manager of Member support. Wayne is a certified General Accountant and has experience in financial management, both in the private and charitable sectors. Wayne also has extensivc volunteer experience in the local church and is currently the Finance Chair on teh Board of Directors of a Chrisitan Camp.

fds A2. “Soul-Mapping: Discovering Abundance in Personal Time and Space,” 
Mardi Tindal

Experience a few of the practice offered by Parker J. Palmer and the Centre for Courage & Renewal by which to experience spiritual abundance in any season of your life.

Mardi Tindal has worked as an educator, video producer, broadcaster ans writer.She has enjoyed decades of experience as a facilitator within church and secular organizations, including service on the stewardship and leadership development staff of The United Church of Canada. She is currently director at Five Oaks Retreat Center near Paris, ON. FIve Oaks is an educational centre of The United Church of Canada

                                                           A3. "How does Justice fit into Christian Stewardship?" 
                                                                                               Heather Plett

In Isaiah 1:17, we’re told to “seek justice”, but that often takes a second seat to fundraising when we talk about Christian stewardship. From the experience of leading and developing a team responsible for advocacy, education, and fundraising in the area of food justice, Heather Plett will talk about a holistic approach to justice and compassion. Can we engage people in both advocacy campaigns and resource generation activities simultaneously?

 Heather Plett is the director of Resources and Public Engagement at Canadian Foodgrains Bank, a partnership of 15 Canadian church-based agencies working to end hunger in developing countries. She leads a Canada-wide team responsible for engaging the public in advocacy, education, and fundraising. Recently, she has been responsible for launching a significant nationwide food justice campaign (Fast for Change), and a three year social marketing strategy aimed at increasing both influence and income. In her role, she has had the opportunity to meet many fascinating people living with hunger in several African and Southeast Asian countries. In her spare time, Heather is a freelance writer and leadership consultant. She lives in Winnipeg with her husband and three daughters.

 For more than a century, stewardship has been the paradigm for the North American church's teaching about our relationship with God and money.  This workshop will consider whether it's time to adopt a different set of concepts based on the notion of generosity.  We will look at the question from the perspectives of both theology and donor psychology.  The last part of the workshop will be an interactive exploration of the language of generosity and the difference it might make to our teaching and practice.

Jeff Pym is the Director of Stewardship Ministries for the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Over the past dozen years he has been the synod’s gift planner, encouraging and assisting hundreds of people to express their generosity through planned gifts to the church.

Sikh, Muslim, Jewish, and other faiths have traditions of stewardship; Christians have much to learn and contemplate.  This workshop will be an interfaith panel of religious leaders discussing financial stewardship.  Come to learn about stewardship and experience how peoples of different faiths can share their faith and experiences respectfully.

This seminar will address the rules and regulations that CRA has established for charities issuing donation receipts.  Topics to be covered are;
 What information needs to be on a donation receipt
What gifts are eligible for donation receipts
 How gifts in kind valued
 What are split receipts
What are the responsibilities for the charity issuing the receipts?

Rick Braun-Janzen, B. Comm. (Hons.), CFP, is the Assistant Manager at Mennonite Foundation of Canada. He has over 18 years of experience in the area of financial and investment management in the not-for-profit sector.

CANCELLED A8. “Why Christians Care about Socially Responsible Investing,”
Gary Hawton and Michael Jantzi

 �This presentation is a unique opportunity to better understand the growing world of SRI and the challenges and opportunities it presents. The presentation will help to answer some of the questions about SRI, including

• What does the Bible say about investing?
• Is SRI legal?
• What about performance?
• Are there any perfect companies?

  After presenting an overview of the global situation of refugees, this workshop will examine the three durable solutions available to refugees: repatriation, integration in country of asylum, and resettlement. Resettlement to a safe country is the last option that helps a small percentage of refugees. Find out how individuals and groups in Canada offer hospitality and freedom to refugees with no other option. Discuss how this option offers security but also personal losses at the same time.

Based on the experience of greening over 200 faith communities, Ted and Bill will help you think through the greening of your faith community. This involves considering the spiritual reasons why we need to green, along with the practicalities of making changes in your building and community life.

Bill Phipps is co-founder and chair of the national multifaith network, Faith & the Common Good * and the author of Cause for Hope: Humanity at the Crossroads. He recently retired as minister at Scarboro United Church in Calgary and as an international president of The World Conference of Religions for Peace, but continues making presentations focused on peace and justice throughout Canada. Bill served as Moderator of The United Church of Canada from 1997 to 2000.

       A11. “Preaching about Money without Upsetting the Flock”
 

                                                                                                     Harold Percy
There are good reasons why clergy might feel a certain degree of uneasiness in preaching about money. It can seem self-serving; it can induce guilt.  Maybe our people are facing difficut times. This workshop seeks to move beyond these fears, and help us to see our preaching about money as part of the Good News about Jesus that we are called to share.  The goal of this preaching is to help people rethink their attitudes about money as followers of Jesus, so they can discover the joy of generous giving.
Harold Percy has been rector of Trinity Anglican Church, Streetsville, ON for 21 years.  He is Founding Director of The Instutute of Evangleism at Wycliffe College, in the University of Toronto.  He has author of several books including Following Jesus: First Steps on the Way, Good News People: An Introduction to Evanglelism for Tongue Tied Christians and Your Church Can Thrive: Making the Connections That Build Healthy Congregations.  Harold has traveled across Canada and the United States speaking at conferences on evangelism and stewardship.