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Fr. John Shepard Award for Excellence in Stewardship
Fr. John Shepard Stewardship Award
Most parishes are in the midst of their stewardship programs as we meet. No matter how we’ve tried to define it, stewardship always seems to come down to the annual fall fund drive, and, as important as that is, we know it’s wrong. Christ’s many parables on stewardship always [...]
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Little Things
General Convention is underway, and that means that the massive UTO ingathering will take place soon. Have you got a UTO “blue box” sitting around somewhere, or do you just write out a check once or twice a year when you are reminded that your own UTO ingathering will be next week?
Trust me, there [...]
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Holy Stewardship and Abundant Blessings
I want to share with you a portion of Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians, but first, a word of caution is in order. It’s not about some nutty ‘get rich with Jesus’ scheme. It is about the abundance of God’s blessings, in all their forms, that come with and through the spiritual [...]
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Deep sense of thanksgiving nurtures our generosity
If the only prayer you say in your life is ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.
-Meister Eckhart
Like many of you, I will be filling out at least one pledge card this fall during what we’ve come to know as “stewardship season.” That’s the time in the fall when most churches, planning and budgeting for the coming [...]
