OCTOBER 2022 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN
Every year St. Anne’s, as well as other congregations, take time as individuals and as families of faith to discern what we will do to contribute to our family in the coming year. Now I know the first thought for many of us when we hear the word Stewardship might be to think, they want money again. From a practical point that is exactly what it would be however while we still have to be practical we don’t belong to this family for practical purposes but rather for our Spiritual life and health.
Over the next month we will be sharing much regarding why what we do means so much to not only our spiritual health but to many others who we serve. Money is an important part of our survival as a community of faith but it is by no means the most important. What we do as individuals and as a community to spread the Word and Minister to those who need our good works is even more important. We will be looking, listening, and discerning over the next weeks pas we prayerfully consider how we will commit our resources, time and abilities to our Mission and Ministries over the coming year.
“4 Weeks, 4 Stories, 1 Request”
Reflections for each week will be added as we move forward
STEWARDSHIP PRAYER
Let us offer our gifts, so that God will bless and break them like holy bread and use them to nourish the world.
As Jesus fed thousands on a hillside from a small, shared meal, let our shared gifts multiply and bring God’s kingdom near.
Creator God, gather our gifts from the four sacred directions as we give your thanks.
Let us offer our holy gifts as seeds; may we plant and water them with God’s help; may God’s grace yield a harvest of new life.
With grateful hearts, let us give what we have. With joyful hope, let us give for what can be.
Let us love God and love one another by offering our gifts to the work of love. Amen
