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Stewardship Articles

What can I give Him, poor as I am? image

What can I give Him, poor as I am?

By Ven. Graham Bland “The world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our...
What would you do if you knew you could not fail? image

What would you do if you knew you could not fail?

By Ven. Graham Bland Thunder Bay has a beautiful lakefront, inspired by Landscape Architect, Katherine Hope...
The ongoing pandemic and stewardship burnout image

The ongoing pandemic and stewardship burnout

By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter Late this summer, in following Luke's Gospel, we navigated a jarring transition, where...
When I look out over a lake or ocean, I see God image

When I look out over a lake or ocean, I see God

By Rev. Andra Townshend O'Neal One of my favourite things about being at the cottage we rent each summer, is...
The illusion of autonomy: God's role in our lives image

The illusion of autonomy: God's role in our lives

Each recognizes the wealth they have as belonging to themselves, as something that they have earned and deserve,...
The transformative power of giving thanks image

The transformative power of giving thanks

A book club's experience with "Grateful" by Diana Butler Bass
Stewards of freedom image

Stewards of freedom

By Ven. Graham Bland Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist, and Harriet Hamilton, Wisconsin lawyer, knew well the...
The Advent Conspiracy: Being stewards of the gift that is (next) Christmas image

The Advent Conspiracy: Being stewards of the gift that is (next) Christmas

By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter This past December the Deanery of Waterloo engaged with a four-part video and book study...
The extravagance of God image

The extravagance of God

By Rev. Andra Townshend O'Neill Extravagant: “exceeding the limits of reason or necessity, lacking in moderation,...
'God loves a cheerful giver' image

'God loves a cheerful giver'

Giving is a way of life. It goes beyond money, but it does involve our resources too.
What did Jesus say? image

What did Jesus say?

By Rev. Andra Townshend O'Neill The fall seems to be a time that we pay particular attention to what it means to be...
Recovering gathering, offering, and dispersing image

Recovering gathering, offering, and dispersing

 By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter Many of us are thankful for all the technologies that have helped keep us united this...
What does generous living look like these days? image

What does generous living look like these days?

Ven. Kim Van Allen  A full year into this Covid-19 Pandemic daily life has changed in so many ways. We are learning...
Stewards of God’s Kingdom: Fear is acceptable, refusal is not image

Stewards of God’s Kingdom: Fear is acceptable, refusal is not

By Rev. Andra Townshend O'Neill For many years we had a magnificent old dutch elm tree on our front lawn, a...
How do we inspire giving, invite generosity and offer gratitude image

How do we inspire giving, invite generosity and offer gratitude

In conversation with Susan Graham Walker: Tell stories of what generosity accomplished rather than where the money was spent
Stewardship also means letting go image

Stewardship also means letting go

By Rev. Raymond Hodgson Stewardship homilies/articles/workshops can be unpleasant experiences for the...
Responding to the challenge in an inspiring way image

Responding to the challenge in an inspiring way

Huron Stewardship Committee By Rev. Andra Townshend O'Neill It has been a challenging year and so many have...
Worldly misconceptions and faithful responsibilities image

Worldly misconceptions and faithful responsibilities

By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter Relatively early on in the pandemic, a local Bible chapel lobbied the government to...
One wild and precious life: Reflections on stewardship in the pandemic image

One wild and precious life: Reflections on stewardship in the pandemic

GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Ven. Graham Bland The meaning of Stewardship is being refreshed, for me, by the...
This is the day the Lord has made… image

This is the day the Lord has made…

By Rev. Raymond Hodgson This is the day that the Lord has made. This day is the Lord’s. What will we do with… …This...
Talking about stewardship in the time of pandemic image

Talking about stewardship in the time of pandemic

By Ven. Kim Van Allen How do we talk about stewardship during an international pandemic? People are willingly...
Church as granary and greenhouse image

Church as granary and greenhouse

By Ven. Graham Bland Part of my dismay about our Church’s preoccupation with its own demise is that sometimes it...
Stewardship and Star Wars image

Stewardship and Star Wars

By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter I write this in the days following the release of the newest Star Wars movie: The Rise...
“Hollowing out”: why Church matters image

“Hollowing out”: why Church matters

By Ven. Graham Bland A lament in our Church troubles my soul … it’s about our numerical decline and loss of ground....
Stewardship of time – the liberation of Sabbath image

Stewardship of time – the liberation of Sabbath

By Rev. Raymond Hodgson You can find a lot of books, TV-shows, blogs, and YouTube videos giving advice about time...
Freely give, freely you have received image

Freely give, freely you have received

By Andra Townshend O’Neill Freely freely you have receivedFeely freely giveGo in my name and because you...
Giving with intention image

Giving with intention

By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter I have a vague childhood memory of my mom instructing me to collect and arrange some...
The foundation of good stewardship is being clear what the Church is for image

The foundation of good stewardship is being clear what the Church is for

By Ven. Graham Bland I am not a fan of ‘survival’ talk. Digging bunkers and hunkering down against future...
Have you ever been asked why you give? image

Have you ever been asked why you give?

By Andra Townshend O’Neill Is it in response to the generosity of God? That may not be the first thing that...
“Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel…” image

“Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel…”

By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter I don’t know about you, but I find that I go through periods where a certain part of the...
The stewardship of relationships: building community as mission image

The stewardship of relationships: building community as mission

By Ven. Graham Bland In Stewardship ministry, it is not sustainable simply to develop good fund-raising ideas. You...