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  • Nuevas alturas ✓
    En el mundo de hoy, con la decreciente asistencia a las iglesias, las demografías cambiantes de las parroquias y las dificultades económicas, es esencial que todos nosotros optimicemos la mayordomía de los recursos con los que hemos sido bendecido…
  • St. Alban's: Why Grow? ✓
    The second installment of Brent Owens' article on St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Monroe, GA. "After the substantial decline in size, a major focus of St. Alban’s has been on growth."
  • New Heights ✓
    In today’s world of decreasing church attendance, changing parish demographics, and difficult economic times, it is essential that all of us optimize the stewardship of the resources with which we are blessed.
  • Green Shoots from the Stump ✓
    In the first of a two-part series, the Rev. Brent Owens writes that when you're down, you're not out.
  • Limited funds, limited time, yet success ✓
    Many small parishes never undertake capital campaigns because of the difficulties and limitations that come with having few resources.
  • Capital campaigns, faith and hard times ✓
    St. Michael and All Angels is not a wealthy congregation. However, the story of our capital campaign over the past couple of years has been quite remarkable.
  • Sewing Factory For Hondurans Living With HIV/AIDS
    Our Episcopal congregations in Province 9 as well as our Anglican brothers and sisters in the two-thirds world can offer valuable lessons related to innovative models of financial sustainability and asset based community development.
  • The Best Way to be Blocked
    I’m not alone when making the observation that often, as we look ahead, our paths seem blocked and full of obstacles.
  • Entre muchos, uno: Ministerio Regional New River
    El Ministerio Regional New River es el resultado de un compromiso de la Diócesis del Sudeste de La Florida, All Saints Church, St. Ambrose Church, El Centro Hispano de Todos los Santos y el PreescolarSt. Ambrose para servir gozosamente tanto en la a…
  • Out of Many, One: New River Regional Ministry
    The New River Regional Ministry is the result of the commitment of The Diocese of Southeast Florida, All Saints Church, St. Ambrose Church, El Centro Hispano de Todos los Santos, and St. Ambrose Pre-school to serve joyfully both in the abundance and …
  • The Future or the Now
    If we want to be a Church for the Future, then we have to assess the Now and determine the best course to follow.
  • El Futuro o el Hoy
    Si queremos ser una Iglesia del Futuro tenemos que evaluar El Hoy y determinar el mejor camino a seguir.
  • One Step Out of "Stuckness"
    Helping others make spirited and rooted next steps often involves being intentional about not only where you want to go but also what is keeping you from getting started.
  • Thoughtful Stewardship - Beyond the Tithe
    “All things come of thee, O Lord, and of thine own have we given thee” is a familiar phrase to most of us, spoken as our church offerings are brought before the Lord.
  • Time Stewardship at a New Level
    When you were elected by your peers to the vestry, you quickly became aware you had the power of the purse.
  • Enabling Generosity
    Members of a vestry are responsible for the church’s resources. That usually means obtaining, managing, and directing the use of people, buildings, and investments of and for the church and its ministries.
  • The Heart that Gives
    It is with a real sense of serendipity that this issue of Vestry Papers offers the theme of stewardship and the opportunity for me to introduce myself as Cornerstone’s new director.
  • Money, God and Vestries
    Money is a great invention. Aren’t we better off not having to lug potatoes or chickens (dead or alive) to barter with when we go shopping?
  • Facing Financial Adversity
    “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life; what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on....”
  • When the Next Egg Shrinks
    How do you manage your parish’s operations when the value of the endowment shrinks?
  • Faith in Action
    Faith in action – loving God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength by loving our neighbors as ourselves – is the hallmark of Jubilee Ministry.
  • Mayordomía Ambiental
    En abril se celebra el Día del Planeta Tierra. En el mismo se convoca el interés general por salvar el Planeta y denunciar los abusos y excesos de los seres humanos para con la creación.
  • Meeting God in a Faith Garden
    Gardens have always been places to meet God and God’s people.
  • A Lenten Carbon Fast
    Forty days of Lent. Nine hundred and sixty hours. Fifty-seven thousand, six hundred minutes.
  • The Genesis Covenant: Action for Climate Change
    Global climate change models predict that extreme weather events will become increasingly common.
  • Tending to the Earth with Children
    Issues of creativity lie at the very heart of Christian formation, because to live a life of grace is to live creatively.
  • God is My Rock
    When I was eight or nine, I was playing outside on a hillside near the sea in Rhode Island, where my family spent time during the summer.
  • Christian Stewardship in the Hispanic Community
    The Episcopal Church in Latin America is not widely known. It has a muted presence because of its small size, making many people here in the United States think that Hispanics only belong to the Roman Catholic or Pentecostal faiths.
  • La Mayordomía Cristiana en la Comunidad Hispana
    La Iglesia Episcopal en América tiene una presencia débil, casi pasa por desapercibida, lo que ha hecho que muchas personas piensen que los hispanos solo tienen dos tipos de iglesias la católica romana y los pentecostales.
  • Stewards: Caretakers of God's Abundance
    The responsibilities of stewards over time have remained broad.
  • By the Numbers: Mission, Diversity Matter
    When we speak of stewardship, we’re often using a theological word for a practical concept: taking care of business.
  • Discipleship and Young Adults: A Good Mix
    When my rector asked me if I’d consider heading up the annual stewardship campaign, I admit to a sinking feeling in my stomach that many of us experience when faced with the task.
  • Good Stewardship Addresses Hopes and Fears
    Nothing sends people scurrying for the sexton’s closet faster than hearing the footsteps of the stewardship chairperson coming down the hall.
  • Closing the Planning Gap
    As we begin a new year, perhaps you are trying to decide, once again, what resolutions might bring you health and peace. One goal might be to close the planning gap. Or, put another way, this may be the year to finally address end of life issues for …
  • Rejoice & beware: Practical issues
    A capital campaign is an opportunity for building community, yet it can be fraught with obstacles.
  • La generosidad
    Una entrevista con el Reverendo Antonio Contreras sobre la generosidad y la mayordomía. / An interview with the Rev. Antonio Contreras on generosity and stewardship. Note - this interview is in Spanish only.
  • Model intentional giving
    Interviews with ten Latino/Hispanic congregations reveal best practices of stewardship.
  • Don't inspire guilt, deliver hope
    Here are the things that distinguished our campaign at Emmanuel Church in downtown Boston from all the other guilt-inspiring, despair-delivering, email asks that you and I see in our inboxes every day.
  • Lessons from an annual giving campaign
    Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland Ohio realized that in the economic climate of 2009, their minimalist approach to stewardship was not going to work.