Annual Giving Stewardship Campaign - Fall 2008
Genuine Living. Generous Giving. God Experiencing!
Pledge Sunday is November 16th
Vestry Stewardship Statement
We recognize that everything we have and everything we are is a gift from God. As stewards of God's bounty, we are committed by faith to give freely, generously, and joyously of our treasure, our time, and our talents. We humbly
acknowledge and affirm the tithe as the minimum standard of Christian giving, and we resolve and commit ourselves to strive to achieve this standard. We invite each member of The Church of the Good Shepherd to join us in this celebration of God's loving goodness.
Prayer for Stewardship
Gracious God, giver of all we have and hold as stewards: grant the people of this church a deep and abiding awareness that all things come from you—our health, our incomes, our jobs, our talents, and our generous impulses. Send your Holy Spirit to remind us that you have asked for part of what we are given, to be returned to you as a symbol that you give all we have. And further, help us to help each other in this grace of giving, for you are the lover of our souls and call us to nothing less than transformation in Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN.