This weekend was time to talk again about Stewardship, about our responsibility to share in the Mission of The Church of the Precious Blood. As I mentioned, a few months ago we talked about the Time and Talent aspect of Stewardship. Each of us is challenged to find some way to help the parish live the Mission. By being a lector or one who brings Eucharist to the sick or plants the parish garden we all help build the parish and more and more live as a community of disciples.
But the other part of Stewardship is our Treasure – contributing financially to the community so that we can take care of the needs of our local community as well as the larger community beyond our boundaries.
We are challenged to embrace an attitude of Sacrificial Giving as we take upon ourselves the responsibility to support the community.
Sacrificial Giving is defined by four principles:
1. Our contribution is a Gift We give it gladly from all that we have received. And we “package” the gift either by using the contribution envelope or by using On-Line Giving.
2 Our gift is proportionate. We decide what portion of our income we will devote to the parish. It doesn’t matter what that portion is – but its a decision we make.
3. Our gift is planned. We have distributed Intent Cards. We ask you to look at them, pray about it and use the Intent Card. This is not a pledge. It is our Intent.
4. Our gift is Sacrificial. We don’t give what is left over or what we have in our pocket. We budget for what we will give to the parish community just as we budget for other important things in our lives.
Please join me in praying about how we can help one another to live fully the Mission of the Parish. As disciples of the Lord we pray to be good stewards – to recognize our responsibility to be a Community of Disciples of the Lord Jesus.
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