Stewardship

 CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP IS FAITH IN ACTION

Stewardship is the working out of our faith through giving in order to carry on God’s work. Our actions, our lives, and our giving are the most accurate measure of our faith. The material things in our lives, our time, our talent and treasures speak so clearly about what’s most important for us, they mold and shape who we are and how we live – we need to ask ourselves do we allow God to enter these areas of our lives? Does He impact our thinking in these choices? Christian Stewardship is faith in action.

St. Paul describes it clearly noting that the Corinthian Greeks who were in extreme poverty gave even in their dire hardship to help the Church in Jerusalem. They gave because God was the most important part of their lives and influenced all their choices. They choose to give because they trusted God. They were moved to action because love guided their choice. Stewardship is our commitment to Christ, our conscientious choice to support His work and commit ourselves and each other and our whole life to Christ our God. Stewardship affords all of us this joyous opportunity to reexamine our priorities and values. It’s an opportunity to express our thankfulness, to give of ourselves and our means, to grow in grace, to break free from the past and move into a new adventure of faith. Stewardship enables us to participate more fully in the work God has given each person to do in the Church and in the world.