St. Gabriels Stewardship 2009

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In Loving Memory – Fran Mitchell, a Beloved Member of our Saint Gabriel's Church Family

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Pastor Mary The Search Committee The Vestry Choir Director Trace Stokes and The Choir

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To do the work carefully and well, with love and respect for the nature of my task and with due attention to its purpose, is to unite myself to God's will in my work. In this way I become His instrument. He works through me.—Thomas Merton

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“Stewardship is growing, developing, advancing and building the gifts with which God has blessed us."— Kennon Callahan

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Harvest and stewardship are synonymous. You work the fields for abundance and you give your time, money and talent for the harvest of God’s Gifts.

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Discipleship is based on Acts 2:42-46 and comprises five "Holy Habits";  worship, learning, giving, serving, and prayer.

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People come to life — become fully alive, aware and joyful — when they help others.

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“New Life comes to us on its way to someone else. If we pass it on to others, we blossom and grow. If we keep it to ourselves, we wither and die.” — Bill Easum, Dancing With Dinosaurs

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Stewardship is everything you do after you say yes to Jesus Christ."—Clarence Staughton

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A community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond , from their unknown and undiscovered brothers. — Howard Thurman

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Bread for me is a material problem. Bread for my neighbors is a spiritual problem. — Nicolai Berdyaev

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We cannot give what we do not have, but we can share a generous percentage of what we do have.

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We believe in the work of Christ's church. We believe our gifts can make a difference. Our commitment to our congregation and to the people with whom we work and worship. You can count on our support through our prayers, our time and our financial resources. A Pledge Declares:

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Make Peace With Money "Like fire, money itself is neither good nor evil. It is neutral, its character determined by the eye of the perceiver, the hand of the user.“ —Jerrold Mundis,

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On Giving If I see the gift as mine alone to give,  I might give hesitantly,    even grudgingly, considering my options,      then giving from a sense of ought. If I see the gift as God's,   who allows me to use it for a time,    then the gift can flow more freely      as I join with others        to be a channel          for God's love and mercy.

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“Christ has no hands on earth now – but yours.” — Teresa of Avila