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What is Stewardship?

"Heavenly Father, you have offered us such abundance. We are so very blessed. Yet we often think that we have so little. Some of us may even feel as though our gifts are too small. Thank you for reminding us that even our mustard seed-sized gift may grow beyond our individual possibility. So today we place upon your altar all amounts of gifts — some quarters from children, some dollar bills from adults, some larger bills and checks — knowing that you transform our scarcity into your abundance. Thanks be to God. Amen. derived from Mark 4:26-34

We all know that everything we have is a gift from God. But sometimes it’s hard to know just how to give back to God. How much is enough? What does the Bible really say? What should giving look like in our everyday lives? Filled with good news for followers of Jesus, Giving to God shows Christians the way to a better life and a better relationship both with their money and with God. Mark Allen Powell

Quotes from Martin Luther on Stewardship

• "We cannot give God anything; for everything is already His, and all we have comes from Him. We can only give Him praise, thanks and honor."
• "Every Christian goes through three conversions: first, the heart; then the head; and finally the purse."
• "I for my part consider the loss of all my possessions less important than the loss of a faithful friend."
• "Possessions are not given that we may rely on them and glory in them ... but that we may use and enjoy them and share them with others. ... Our possessions should be in our hands, not in our hearts."
• "A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing and suffers nothing is worth nothing."
• "I have held many things in my hand, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands – that I still possess."
• ...the preceding courtesy of Luther Seminary Stewardship page...with our thanks.

Our Stewardship effort

The book, "Ask, Think, Tell: Improving Stewardship Ministry in Your Congregation," by Charles R. Lane, is available in our church library or you can click on the book's picture and go to Amazon.com where you can view sample content and purchase. Everyone is encouraged to read this short, but entirely enlightening book.

If you want to see where your giving stands in the "tithing" sense, use the Tithing Calculator!

Please feel free to contact any of the members of this committee with questions, comments, and your ideas. Your prayers supporting this effort are greatly appreciated. For contact information, please call the church office @ (651) 674-8206.