John Sieg
Stewardship Committee

Principles of Stewardship

These principles provide a basis for our role as God’s Stewards within our church family and the world.

• Being a Grateful steward is our Christian response to all the ways God has been generous in the gifts that have been given to us.  We recognize that God comes first.
   
• Being a Responsible steward is our way of acknowledging and showing our faith in the world.  This involves how we treat ourselves, our family, our friends and our church.  
   
• Being a Regular steward means practicing our stewardship on a daily basis.  Over time this becomes our lifestyle.  
   
• Being a Willing steward means each of us is prepared to give.  We are open to listen to the call of the Holy Spirit and then to give of our time, talents and resources.  We are not called to give more than we have or any thing that we need.  
   
• Being a Challenged steward recognizes that as our faith grows so will our blessings and our opportunities to be stewards.
   
• Being a Self-Sacrificing steward is modeled by the self-sacrifice of Christ.  For our sake, Jesus gave up everything for us through the cross and the resurrection.  We too are called to make sacrifices so that others may share in God’s Word and blessings.  
   

Clearly, there are many dimensions that make up our role as stewards.  Applying these principles in daily life lays a foundation for service in God’s kingdom.