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Doing Lent Generously

40acts flips the traditional idea of giving stuff up for Lent to focus instead on giving stuff away. Over the 40 days from Wednesday 18 February to Thursday 2 April, followers will receive a daily email with a reflection and challenge designed to bless people in creative ways big and small with their money, time and talents. Reflections are written by a wide range of contributors from across the Christian charity sector.

New for this year is the opportunity to follow 40acts in the new Stewardship Giving App, which will make it easy for subscribers to track their progress as well as give in response to the daily acts. Also new for 2026 is a weekly podcast with Christian influencers including Pat Allerton, aka ‘The Portable Priest’, Emma Lou Francis, John J Reynolds, Swarzy Shirey and Deborah van der Bij.

To make it as easy as possible for people to join in, Stewardship has created a range of freely available resources including teaching materials for all age groups, a family wall chart and social media assets.

Stewardship has also partnered with The Church of England to write a 40acts children and family resource called ‘Draw Near with 40acts’ and Roots Resources for Churches and Messy Church have shared a full suite of all-age service resources. Sermon plans have been contributed by The Bible Society and London Institute of

Contemporary Christianity (LICC) has provided sample passages (focused on generosity) from the new Everyday Faith Bible.

Resources link: https://www.stewardship.org.uk/40acts-resources