Stewardship at St. Annes
Stewardship has been called the most important work of the church. What we do with the time, ability and financial resources under our care shapes our discipleship and models our beliefs for others to see. As we live in a materially abundant society, how we handle stewardship affects many people around the world. When we share with grateful hearts and open hands, we join in building community based on faithful stewardship and love for one another. The scriptures proclaim that God loves a cheerful giver. The joy of sharing is one of the gifts of compassionate stewardship.
Giving of Time and Talent
God's various gifts are handed out everywhere; but they all originate in God's Spirit. God's various ministries are carried out everywhere; but they all originate in God's Spirit. God's various expressions of power are in action everywhere; but God himself is behind it all. Each person is given something to do that shows who God is: Everyone gets in on it, everyone benefits. All kinds of things are handed out by the Spirit, and to all kinds of people! The variety is wonderful: wise counsel, clear understanding, simple trust, healing the sick, miraculous acts, proclamation, distinguishing between spirits, tongues, interpretation of tongues. All these gifts have a common origin, but are handed out one by one by the one Spirit of God. He decides who gets what, and when.
I Corinthians 12: 4-11
To see how best to use your time and talents, click on one of the links below:
Christian Ed
Music
Parish Life
Hospitality
Outreach/missions
Office support
Immediate Needs
Volunteer job postings
Other request (ex. Clothes washing
machine)
Pledging
Giving Out of Thankfulness and Love for God. A person who is giving to God in gratitude for what the person has received from God. Here, the attitude is one of thankfulness, and of returning out of plenteousness. In the ideal, this person is giving without attention to which of God's purposes the gift will be used for. The giver here is giving up any control over the gift, even indirect control. It is only when the giver totally releases control that the transfer can really be called a gift. Part of the giver's attitude may be that the giver never felt that they owned what they are giving away. Think of the idea that:
"All things come of Thee, O Lord; of Thine own have we given Thee."
(taken from Three Attitudes Toward Giving; A. T. Mollegen, Jr).
On-line pledging
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