Financial Stewardship at Creator

Dear Creator Family,

This Sunday, Oct. 26th, we will pass out our Stewardship cards as we prepare for the 2026 budget. That’s an annual and important part of our common life together. We expect it. This year - something new! 

In addition to making your pledge, as a tangible sign of our reliance on God, our Vestry prayerfully asks that everyone place one dollar in the alms basin. Whether you are pledging by card or electronically, the $1 symbolizes the first fruit of our lives offered to God and the last measure of life returned to God. 

Our reliance on God is something each of us comes to know individually in various degrees at different stages and circumstances of life. Our corporate acknowledgement of that reliance as a gathered body is a powerful witness to our gratitude and spiritual maturity. I humbly ask you to participate.

Unlike other financial commitments we make, our commitment as stewards of God’s creation is not an isolated decision based on the self, but a loving partnership with the Living God! When we embrace God’s command to be “Good Stewards, ” we open ourselves to the very person of God interacting in us, the tangible reality of God’s kingdom! In short, we draw closer to God and are available to receive God’s gifts.

When we commit ourselves and live as Good Stewards – lovingly caring for the lives God has entrusted to us, carefully managing the possessions God has allowed us, and wisely using the resources God has given us, all in the name of Jesus Christ – we fulfill God’s will and become open to God’s many blessings.

I love that we are the Church of the Creator. On our signpost, on our service bulletins – everywhere you look are reminders of our maker, author, almighty Creator. God created the universe and everything is God’s by right of creation, but God has entrusted the care of creation to us, and to the witness of salvation through Jesus Christ. Scripture says, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it" (Psalms 24:1) and “Every good and perfect gift is from above" (James 1:17). Let us respond accordingly, my brothers and sisters in Christ.

Being a Good Steward brings Joy – Godly Joy, because that is what God promises us. Please pray for guidance as we contemplate our stewardship of God’s creation and our stewardship of witness at Creator Church.

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Fr. Bill+