Growing Good Stewards
A place for conversing, learning, networking and imagining the future among Anglicans and friends who strive to be Good Stewards.
Seven Stewardship Myths, Busted!
Here are Seven Stewardship Myths that need to be banished from our conversations about giving, receiving and contemporary Christian living. Continue reading
Step 1: Roll up Sleeves; Step 2: Implement a Mark of Mission
Recent conversations I’ve had with some Anglicans worry me. Why? It is not because I hear them promoting “me” over “we” nor it because they are losing their commitment to the church. The thing that worries me is that their meaning of “church” and mine seem to be drawing farther apart. Continue reading
Building: A New Identity?
Although it was made clear a long time ago that God does not dwell in a temple made by human hands the spirits of those who seek and serve our Lord are surely uplifted there. No other public structure represents such solace, and a sense that we are called to something holy and greater than ourselves, than does a house of worship. Continue reading
Religiously active donors make contributions averaging $1,004
Clearly, people give to causes close to their hearts. But did you ever pause to consider that many secular organizations are eligible for funding that religious organizations cannot receive? Continue reading
It’s A Privilege to be Asked
The church is every bit as deserving (I would say a whole lot more) than all those other groups who call on me for my money. It is a real privilege to be asked. It is a real privilege to give! Continue reading
Family, Money and Good Financial Habits
As parishes, we are responsible to nurture our children of God in as many ways as possible. Do you have a good Sunday School program that helps children understand the importance of sharing, saving and spending? Are you teaching the best practices of stewardship in your youth community? Continue reading
Scarcity and Abundance
At the 2012 Diocesan Synod in the Diocese of New Westminster, our episcopal visitor, The Right Rev. Bishop Greg Rickel of the Diocese of Olympia gave a TED-style talk about money and stewardship. Continue reading
Is your giving up to PAR?
By making a monthly gift to the church through our bank account we demonstrate the important role the church plays in our lives and the value we place on ensuring that the ministry needs of the church are met. Continue reading
Generosity
It all starts (and started) with God looking at a blank canvass onto which He imposed creation and, thereby, gave us all that we have. All that we have! Continue reading
Practical Spirituality
By stepping out from where he stood Weston got so many others invested in helping build aircraft that the project took on a life of its own . . . touching people in virtually every community in Canada. Continue reading
