2019 Stewardship Campaign

In January, we started our 2019 Stewardship Campaign by reaching out to all of St. Spyridon’s parishioners and friends. We feel blessed and humbled by your enthusiastic response. But there is still a lot to do. To face the uncertainty of the future, we need to build our community here and now based on the embodiment of Christ’s teaching and example. This is why stewardship is so crucial.
 
As you know, Orthodox Christian Stewardship is a way of life that acknowledges our responsibility before God. A primary goal of stewardship is spiritual growth. We become Stewards when we believe in God and begin to act on our beliefs. As Orthodox Christians, we acknowledge that every aspect of our life is a gift from Him. We are called to cheerfully offer back to God a portion of the gifts with which we have been blessed.
 
An Orthodox Christian Steward is an active participant in the life of the Church, as the Body of Christ, in its prayers and services, in its social and philanthropic activities.
 
So, what can we do? Offer Treasury. Sure, we need it to keep our church open. But we can also give of our Time and Talent to the Church. What does that mean? Good question! In an effort to make stewardship more concrete, the Stewardship Committee has decided to dedicate the next four Sundays to stewardship awareness. We will bring in people who will share with the community their experience with stewardship.
 
As part of this process, we have invited two guest speakers to share with us what stewardship means to them.

  • Sunday, February 24: Peter Tarhanides

  • Sunday, March 3: Bill Kallinikos

  • Sunday, March 10: "Stewardship Pledge Sundae". We ask all parishioners and friends of St. Spyridon to come and bring their Stewardship pledge while we will be featuring “make your own ice cream sundaes” just before entering into the fasting period of Great Lent the next day.
 
The Stewardship Committee