Stewardship

Financial Stewardship

Christian stewardship begins with Christ's message of love. It is our willingness to combine our efforts and to share generously our material gifts to help our parish fulfill its mission which is Christ's mission - to teach, to draw us all into a community of faith-filled people, to serve one another, and to celebrate our faith.

We cannot do everything or help everyone, but through financial stewardship we can participate and make things happen! Through financial support to the parish we all visit the sick; we all are involved in religious education; we all counsel the bereaved; we all teach in the Sunday school; we all make the sacraments possible; we all send the parish newsletter; we all help outreach projects; we all sponsor parish life activities; and the list goes on.

We ask you to reflect on all the gifts God has bestowed upon you, and in gratitude return some of your financial treasure to the church. Consider the suggested tithe or, if that is not possible, work to it by beginning by giving back as much as you can and personally working to increase your financial gift each year.

Stewardship of Time and Talent

Our parish ministries require not only your financial support, but also your participation to create a vibrant faith community that not only lives the word of God, but also lives out Jesus’ actions.
As you review the opportunities for participating in these ministries, please consider your commitment prayerfully. True stewardship is a spiritual act, to be considered from the perspective of “how can I return to God the blessings He has bestowed on me” rather than “I really don’t have time for this, but I guess I should do something.” Yes, you should do something, but you should do it out of pleasure and thanks to God, not guilt.

Stewardship at St. Augustine’s

By using our time, talent, and treasures for the glory of God, we become a joyful congregation and a faithful witness for God. Specifically, at St. Augustine’s we become a church:

where all of our members become joyful, sacrificial givers.
where our people put their talents and spiritual gifts to work.
where our people sacrifice a portion of their time to serve God, our community, and each other.
where God's work is always obvious with abundant opportunities to serve and get involved in our many ministries,
where our people have ownership in the ministries because THEY are the ministers.
where our people are taught to lead, and provide the resources to empower their roles as ministers.
where our people sacrifice their time, talent, and treasure to glorify God and to make things happen for God's kingdom in our community.

Stewardship reflects everything we do after we say, “I believe.” Stewardship is our love for Christ in action.