Stewardship

At St. James, we start our stewardship journey with the understanding that we, and all that surrounds us, are Christ’s own. God, who breathed love into creation, made us to be stewards of it, to model tenderness and compassion and care in the image of God.

What has been placed in our care is a free, extravagant gift, lavish and beautiful and holy. Nature, beauty, relationship, life itself:  gifts beyond price, given to us at birth, from a giver who offers everything for love of us and the world.

But we don’t choose to be stewards any more than we choose to be born.  We can’t refuse those blessings, we can only choose how we will treat them, what kinds of stewards we will be.  How do we choose to live in the world?  How do we discern the path to meaning, to purpose and to joy?

Knowing that God teaches by example:  we can choose to give in the same way that God gives - generously, sacrificially, without strings. We can give for love – love of the world, love of each other, of the work that we do to bind up, to care for needs, to build community and to make St. James a light in the window for those who are seeking. We can give because we are thankful for blessings received, we can give because we choose to be faithful.

And when we give there is blessing, and joy on the way. We invite you to join us with a gift that reflects your journey right now:

»      by filling out a pledge card and generously donating back a portion of what God has blessed you with over the next year.

»      by giving of yourself in service through one of the many ministries of our church.

»      by participating in worship, or formation and prayer in a role that feeds you.

»      by remembering us in your will as a lasting legacy for your life.

Most of all:  We invite you to rejoice in your blessings, and to be a blessing in the world.

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