Stewardship Commission

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Mission Statement: The mission of the St. Columban Stewardship Commission is to provide the parish community with a coordinated effort to increase awareness of faithful stewardship as a way of life, as well as to give practical methods to live it out, both personally and communally. All that we have and all that we are is a gift from God. We promote intentional, planned and proportionate giving of time, talent and treasure as a way to deepen our relationship with God and become better stewards of God's gift of life and the blessings given to each of us. "As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's varied grace." ~ 1 Peter 4:10

Theme: Bringing Jesus to people and people to Jesus
Stewardship is based on spiritual principles of the Old Testament and Jesus’ teachings, and a way to thank God for all God’s blessings. It is a way to deepen our relationship with God and involves intentional, planned and proportionate giving of our time, talent and treasures.

What is Stewardship?
- Stewardship is INTENTIONAL because it is a deliberate decision to live a Christian life
- Stewardship is PLANNED because you include giving in your weekly budget and volunteer activities in your annual calendar
- Stewardship is PROPORTIONATE because you give a percentage of your time and income to the church and other charities.
As Christian stewards of St. Columban we receive God’s gifts gratefully, cherish and tend them responsibly, and with accountability. We share them in justice and love with others, and return them with an increase to the Lord.

We live Stewardship as an Act of:
- FAITH - as we belong to God and acknowledge all we possess is God’s
- TRUST - as we place our life in God’s hands
- WORSHIP - as we love God, the giver of all
- BELONGING - as we unite our gifts with the rest of St. Columban’s parish family
The spirituality of stewardship is based on being Christ-centered rather than self-centered. The focus is on God as the giver of all, and bridges the material with the spiritual world. It uses God’s gifts for God’s purposes. It teaches sacrificial giving to God; from substance rather than from excess. We give of ourselves in service to others just as Jesus did some 2,000 years ago.
Stewardship Commission brief profile
Provides the parish community with a coordinated effort to increase the parish's awareness of and give practical methods to live out faithful stewardship both personally and communally. This mission is to become better stewards of God's gift of life and blessings given to each of us.

We actively look for opportunities to more fully engage the time, talent and treasure of parishioners in service to the parish and the broader community. We provide the means to increase awareness of and active participation in more than 50 parish ministries while celebrating engagement and Godly stewardship of the gifts we've been given.

St. Columban Stewardship Members - click Chair's name to email

Nitamarie Azman
Michele Macedonio (Co-Chair)
Jennifer Minton (Pastoral Council Liaison)
Cathy Nagy (Staff)
Teresa Porcaro (Co-Chair)
Lisa Rademacher
Bill Schwanekamp
Rhea Scott