Stewardship
Recently Reverand Eileen did a series of three sermons on what stewardship is and how we can live our lives according to the principles of it. As we listened we learned that we could become good Stewards by:
"Living and telling the Good News; sharing God in seeking justice, peace, and the integrity of creation in an interdependent universe; wisely employing God-given human resources, abilities, and relationships; sharing the material resources we hold and giving them in service, justice, and compassion; providing for future generations, sharing in the life, worship, and responsible stewardship of the Church and of its mission. Both for the individual and for the community, stewardship is a joyful act for the sake of God's world." --The Standing Rules of the Ecumenical Stewardship Center. (The Episcopal Church is a founding member of this group and remains active in its continuing work. You can find out more about ESC at their website, http://www.stewardshipresources.org/. )
If you would like to read Eileen's sermons, she has been kind enough to combine them into a booklet that can be picked up in the narthex.