Logo

Stewardship

 

Feed my lambs...Tend my sheep
excerpted from John 12:15-17

Chair Photo
Mark Lynne, Community Chair
Contact Information


  Two Simple Definitions of Stewardship


 
1) What I do, with all that I am and all that I have, after I say, "I believe."

2) Using the gifts God has given us, to do the work God is calling us to do.

Stewardship includes money…but it doesn't stop there.
So often when we think about giving we do so from an attitude of scarcity:

  1. There is only so much time in a week.
    True, but do you spend less time praying about the best way to spend your time than you do opening the daily mail? Maybe you're overlooking the most important message anyone could ever send you. If we increased the time we spent listening to God we might discover that we are being draw into a powerful ministry with, and for, others that is better than anything we might have otherwise chosen. Offer more time to God and prepare to be surprised.

  2. There is only so much talent in any one of us, what can I do? But think about the great things that can be accomplished by a group of faithful people who are willing to join together in God's name. Your gifts might be the one ingredient missing from the mix. Offer your gifts to God and prepare to be part of something creative and fruitful.

  3. There is only so much money. But when the amount you are willing to pull out of your pocket increases and is joined with an increasing amount offered up by hundreds of others suddenly you're talking about real money- enough to run a church and to fuel major missions. Offer more money for God's work and prepare to make the church and Christ's ministries in the world grow.



  Why Pledge and How Much?


Proportionate Giving
About Tithing
 


  Annual Pledge Campaign


 

Click for Status GraphVIEW the Annual Pledge Campaign Status
Updated March 31, 2007
 

Vision and Process
Year Round Stewardship
 



  Time and Talents


Your Stewardship helps support the Acolytes.
  Click for Large Image
Click for Large View
 
 

Offer Your Gifts
 
Time and Talent Data Input Form Coming Soon



  Contact Information


Community Chair Mark Lynne
Phone: 410-472-9076
E-Mail:

Home

Saint James Episcopal Church • Monkton, Maryland 21111 • 410-771-4466
© 2005 Saint James Episcopal Church