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Our Stewardship Committee
Our Mission
The
Stewardship Committee encourages members of Calvin to identify their gifts, to
celebrate these gifts, to develop and use them responsibly, and to return them
back to God with increase. The Stewardship Committee generates ideas and
implements steps needed to help parishioners better understand Stewardship and
live it out in their lives.
Tasks
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Develop a comprehensive
timetable and related procedures to facilitate the annual stewardship process.
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Assist the pastor in
developing a program to engage the congregation in regular biblical and
theological study on stewardship
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Pursue available forms
of communication to build awareness of Stewardship and parish activities, such
as bulletins, web-site, newsletters, witnesses, ministry fair, town hall
meetings, etc.
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Review and revise, if
necessary, the time and talent commitment forms to be sure they appropriately
represent the mission, ministries, activities, and structure of Calvin.
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Effectively communicate
to the congregation that giving is a celebration of joy and giving of our
time/talents and money is necessary to pay the church bills and lead people to
Christ
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Recruit volunteers, if
necessary, to assist the Stewardship Committee in the preparation, assembly,
mailing, and/or other distribution of Stewardship materials and commitment
forms.
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Design and implement a
timely thank you process to all members who complete and remit commitment
forms.
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Promptly compile and
distribute timely lists of volunteers to all ministry leaders.
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Work with the
committees to ensure that those who volunteer are contacted and invited to
become involved.
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Evaluate Stewardship
and awareness efforts on an annual basis
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Assist the pastor and
Session leadership in the overall design, implementation and evaluation of the
parish Stewardship process.
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