St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church

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Stewardship Committee

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Religious Education Teacher

Religious Education Aide

Vacation Bible School Teacher

Vacation Bible School Aide

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Transportation to Youth Events

Service

Liturgical Design

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Money Counter

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Fundraising

NASCAR Race Hospitality Worker

Day By Day

Stewardship is not just a question of checkbooks, but a question of how a person lives day by day.  We're all stewards of God's bounty, including love and consideration, helpfulness and even courtesy.  Stewardship embraces a sort of volunteer attitude.  It is a natural characteristic of Christians, but it takes practice and awareness. 

Stewardship Prayer

Oh Lord, giver of life and source of our freedom.  We are reminded by the Psalmist that Yours is “the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it.”  We know that it is from Your hand that we have received all we have and are and will be.  Gracious and loving God, we understand that You call us to be the Stewards of Your abundance, the caretakers of all You have entrusted to us.  Help us always to use Your gifts wisely and teach us to share them generously.  May our faithful Stewardship bear witness to the love of Christ in our lives.

Pray

“Unless the Lord builds the house, the worker labors in vain.”    Psalm 127:1

Participate

“But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. And He gave some as apostles, other s as prophets, others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers, to equip the holy ones for the work of ministry , for building up the  Body of Christ.”    Eph 4:11-12

Pledge

“When you give to Him, give freely and not with ill will; for the Lord, your God, will bless you for this  in all your works and undertakings.”  Deuteronomy 15:10

Becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ leads naturally to the practice of stewardship, then make up the fabric of a Christian life in which each day is lived in an intimate, personal relationship with the Lord.

Stewarship plays an important role in the lives of people who seek to follow Christ.  In particular, as we have said, Christians must be stewards of their personal vocations, for it is these that show how, according to the circumstances of their individual lives, God wants them to cherish and serve a broad range of interests and concerns: life and health, along with their own intellectual and spiritual well-being and that of others; material goods and resources; the natural environment; the cultural heritage of humankind—indeed, the whole rich panoply of human goods, both those already realized and those whose realization depends upon the present generation or upon generations yet to come.

Catholics have a duty, too, to be stewads of their Chuch: that community of disciples, that Body of Christ, of which they, individually and together, are the members, and which “if one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy” (1 Cor 12:26).

All Things Possible Campaign Results

                  Number of Gifts………....……78                 

                  Amount Pledged……….......…$249,537.36

                  Cash Received…………..……$140,182.36

                  Percentage of goal……...……102.3%         

Holy Trinity is a Stewardship Parish Family