Stewardship Board

Chairperson: Cathy Irwin
Contact Person: Cathy Irwin 360-1953

What is Stewardship? "A Christian steward is one who receives God's gifts gratefully, cherishes them and attends them in a responsible and accountable manner, and returns them with increase to the Lord by sharing them in justice and love with others."- U.S. Bishops' pastoral letter, 1992, "Stewardship A Disciples' Response"

The mission of the Stewardship Board is to create awareness throughout the Parish and community of the call to all Christians to act as Stewards. Through practicing Stewardship, we share responsibility in carrying out the mission of Christ. Every person has unique gifts from God and is responsible for returning a portion of those gifts to build up His Church in our Parish and accomplish His mission in our community.

The Stewardship Board strives to accomplish it's mission by providing the parishioners with opportunities to be good Stewards. We begin the stewardship process in November with Stewardship of Prayer where each member of the parish was asked to commit to one hour a week in prayer. Our next step is Stewardship of Ministry, in May when we ask each member of the parish to give one hour a week of their time to St. Joseph's by volunteering for one of the many ministries available. The third step is Stewardship of Finance which is held in mid October. At that time we ask each family to assess their monetary gifts and give back a portion to God. Each year you will have the opportunity to renew your commitments to Prayer, Ministry and Finance.

"No one shall appear before the Lord empty-handed, but each of you with as much as he can give, in proportion to the blessings which the Lord, God has bestowed on you."
Dueteronomy 14:22,29