St. George's Episcopal Church
“Growing into Christ + Reaching out in Love”
 905 Princess Anne Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Telephone: 540-373-4133 Fax: 540-374-0923

The Mission Statement of St. George’s Stewardship Commission: “Nurturing an attitude of Abundance, practicing Gratitude, and encouraging a process of Transformation.”

Our mission statement encompasses what we are accomplishing through our program of year-round stewardship education.

STEWARDSHIP IS FOR YOU IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN...........

• Living Simply
• Trusting God
• Deepening your faith life
• Living your life for God
• Keeping your priorities in order
• Living with abandon and knowing that God, who is all-loving, is “in charge”
• Being generous
• Making your life more peaceful through simplicity
• Caring for your family
• Being thankful
• Using your gifts
• Caring for the environment
• Caring for your health.

Whether or not we realize it, all of these things are part of stewardship.

Many of us are already living a life of stewardship in many ways:

• Reading a bedtime story to your children is stewardship.
• Practicing ethics in business is stewardship.
• Helping a neighbor mow their lawn is stewardship.
• Staying home to take care of your children is stewardship.
• Going on a date with your spouse is stewardship.
• Praying is stewardship.
• Listening to a friend is stewardship.
• And, yes, sharing your time, talent and treasure with your parish is stewardship.

Stewardship is broad, encompassing how we live each moment of our lives.

• It is not just for Sundays.
• It is for every day.

For Stewardship articles in the newsletter: The St. Georgian - (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader )

Click here for: 2008 November Page 8: Stewardship of Creation: “What do the Canadian Geese Have to do with Stewardship?”

Click here for: 2008 October Page 10: Stewardship of Treasure: “Extravagant Giving”

Click here for: 2008 September Page 11: Legacy Stewardship: “Ethical Wills”

Click here for: 2008 August Page 10: Stewardship of Simple Living: “Take Back Your Time”

Click here for: 2008 July Page 9: Stewardship of Creation: News from the NCC Eco-Justice Program

Click here for: 2008 June Page 9: Good Stewardship: “A Story about Learning How to Receive”

Click here for: 2008 May Page 9: STEWARDSHIP OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS: “Growing Your Relationships through Your Strengths”

Click here for: 2008 April Page 7: STEWARDSHIP OF CREATION: “A Doorway for Uniting the Worlds’ Religions”

Click here for: 2008 March Page 9: STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE: “Share, Save, Spend”

Click here for: 2008 February Page 12: STEWARDSHIP OF CREATION: “Retirement” - An Opportunity to Reinvent Your Life”

Click here for: 2008 January Page 10: STEWARDSHIP OF CREATION: “A Very Important Committee in our Diocese”

Click here for: 2007 December Page 12: STEWARDSHIP OF TIME, TALENT, TREASURE

Spiritual gifts: “Living Your Strengths--Discover your God-Given Talents and Inspire your Community” by Albert L. Winseman, D. Min, Donald O Clifton, Ph.d, Curt Liesveld, M.Div., Gallup Press: phone: 402-951-2003 or click here to email Albert Winseman ; “The Call to the Soul”--Six Stages of Spiritual Development by Marjory Zoet Bankson.

The following links to web sites outside of St. George's will be opened in separate pages:

Alternatives for Simple Living:  http://www.simpleliving.org/

The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS):  http://tens.org/

Stewardship link at Diocese of Virginia website:  http://thediocese.net/stewardship.shtml

Ministry of Money:  http://www.ministryofmoney.org/

The Simple Living Network:  http://www.simpleliving.net/main/

Stewardship of Creation at Diocese of Virginia website:  http://thediocese.net/stewardship_creation.shtml

The Episcopal Ecological Network:  http://www.eenonline.org/

Minnesota Episcopal Environmental Stewardship Commission:  http://www.env-steward.com/

Green Congregations:  http://www.webofcreation.org/

Energy Star:  http://www.energystar.gov/

Virginia Interfaith Power and Light:  http://www.vipl.org/

Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light:  http://www.gwipl.org/

SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION Adopt-A-Stream:  http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/soil_&_water/adopt.shtml

Virginia Department of Transportation:  http://www.vdot.virginia.gov/info/default.asp

We Conserve Our Natural Resources:  http://www.vanaturally.com/

Stewardship Virginia:  http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/stewardship/index.htm

Virginia Native Plant Society:  http://www.vnps.org/

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries:  http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/

Buy Fair Trade Coffee:  http://www.transfairusa.org/

Earth Day Network:  http://www.earthday.net/

Recycling:  http://www.deq.virginia.gov/recycle/recycle.html

Virginia Recyclers Association:  http://www.vrarecycles.org/

Clean Water:  http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/soil_&_water/index.shtml

Virginia Water Conservation:  http://www.deq.virginia.gov/waterresources/conservation.html

Water Wise:  http://www.waterwise.org/

Be Water Smart:  http://www.bewatersmart.org/

Ecological Footprints:  http://www.myfootprint.org/en/

Global Footprint Network:  http://www.ecofoot.net/

Some Books and Resources recommended by the Virginia Diocesan Committee:

• The Passionate Steward, Michael O’Hurley-Pitts
• Ask, Thank,Tell, Charles R. Lane
• Smart & Caring, Richard & Linda Livingston
• Giving and Stewardship in an Effective Church, Callahan
• Creating Congregations of Generous People, Michael Durall
• Growing Givers Hearts, Thomas H. Jeavons and Rebekah Burch Basinger
• How to Increase Giving in Your Church, George Barna
• The Cathedral Within, Bill Shore
• New Consecration Sunday, Herb Miller
• More Give to Live, Douglas Lawson
• Faith in the Future, Douglas Lawson
• Faithful Finance 101, Gary Moore
• Generous Saints: Congregations Rethinking Ethics and Money, James Hudnut-Beumler
• The Giving Myths--Giving then Getting the Life You've Always wanted, Stephen B. McSwain

Stewardship Resources for Families and Youth:

• Growing a Grateful Generous Heart: Stewardship Resources for Children and Their Families.
• Prodigal Sons and Material Girls: How Not to be Your Child’s ATM, Nathan Dungan
• Share, Save and Spend Program, Nathan Dungan: http://www.sharesavespend.com
• National Bank of Dad, David Owen

Books to Read with Children:

• The Table where Rich People Sit, Byrd Baylor
• The Berenstain Bears’ Dollars and Sense, Stan and Jan Berenstain
• The Berenstain Bears’ Trouble with Money, Stan and Jan Berenstain
• Arthur’s Pet Business, Marc Brown
• The Give-Away, Ray Buckley
• Money Sense for Kids, Page Hollis Harman
• Growing Money: A Complete Investing Guide for Kids, Gail Karlitz and Debbie Honig
• Just a Piggy Bank, Gina and Mercer Mayer
• Money Savvy Generation: http://www.msgen.com

An article on Faith Based Stewardship: Faith-based Stewardship: A Fresh Perspective on Congregational Giving By The Rev. Linda Grenz (Requires Adobe Acrobat )

The Stewardship Commission prepared a Narrative Budget based upon the 2007 line item budget—Please Note, this is intended to provide another way to view how we carry out our mission—not as a replacement for the line item budget Click here: St. George's 2007 Narrative Budget (Requires Adobe Acrobat )