Through St. Thomas’ Parish’s stewardship program we have developed a number of resources to assist members in living out this journey of developing their holy habits of tithing, daily personal prayer and study, Sabbath time and weekly corporate workshop. This includes educational programs throughout the year, preaching and worship that focuses on stewardship and opportunities to examine your own approaches to personal and corporate stewardship.
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Whether your financial gifts to the parish are week-by-week cash donations to the plate or if you have submitted a pledge card and ‘promised’ the parish an amount for our 2008 year of life together, to support the mission and ministry of the parish, our Treasurer, Finance team and our Accountant ALL STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EACH OF US TO USE OUR PLEDGE ENVELOPES (if you’re not donating on-line). Our weekly team of ‘counters’ spend several hours, Sunday by Sunday in this largely invisible, respectfully quiet ministry, which is essential to the ongoing life of our community. Their work would be so much efficient, as the work of the rest of this spiritually-centered team, if they had the luxury of recording amounts with numbered envelopes. The envelopes can be found on a table in the Guild Room.
Thank you, Really!
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 If you would like to support the ministries of St. Thomas' but are not an ongoing member, you can use our online offering form or mail a contribution to the Parish Office.
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 By committing to a monthly offering, you ensure that St. Thomas' has the resources necessary to plan for future programs and operations. Complete the form below now to show your support with a monthly committment of any amount.
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 The path to parish financial self-sufficiency is clear. If average pledging can be boosted by 15 percent per year over this year and the next, then St. Thomas' will be freed from dependence on the insurance settlement...
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The following article was written by the Reverend Canon J. Hugh Magers and was published in the July 2007 issue of Networking (the newsletter of The Episcopal Network for Stewardship). Canon Magers starts out with a rather blunt assessment of the relationship between parishioners and the amount of their giving. But, as you'll see, there's a purpose to his approach. By the end of the article, you'll see the profound connections he draws among giving, witnessing and evangelism.
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