Stewardship 2024 – Thank You!

  Posted on November 19, 2024  by admin  No comments

Dear Friends,

Our pilgrim has come home to St. Paul’s and with him some $363,132. While we were shy of the  $430.000 goal,  we are very proud and pleased at the generosity that got us here. 

Now comes the hard part  as the Budget team tries to assess whether what we have given will adequately cover our expenses in 2025, including those we cannot imagine at this stage. Thank you to each of you who have given of your time, talent and treasure to make our 2025 campaign a success. We could not have done this without your help. As of this writing we have more pledged than we did in 2023 and only another 38 pledges will bring us to the goal of 150 pledges in 2025. It is never too late to add your pledge!

Our sincere thanks to all those who gave testimonies, those who penned weekly reflections, those who took the time to attend our small group gatherings, home visits and discussions on Zoom. Thank you to all those who facilitated our home visits, the meetings at church and those on Zoom. And huge thanks to our hosts for their wonderful and warm hospitality.

We thank some of our 2023 team members who returned to give us support: Stephen, Bethany and Audrey.

To Audrey Cozzarin a warm thank you for the work on the Narrative Budget for which we are ever so grateful.

To Bethany, Donna, and other members of the Altar party who each week helped to bring in our pledging Board, our sincere gratitude and thanks.

To Marsha, thank you for your assistance to the campaign and for keeping our pilgrim on course.

To Father Daniel, Father Paul, Josh and Elly our thanks for the support and encouragement to the Stewardship team.

Belong, Be Loved, Be Generous, remember those words and as Elly in her sermon on Sunday reminded us, “continue to share God’s love through your gifts!”

THANK YOU St. Paul’s!  The work for 2025 has only just begun.

Blessings,

The St. Paul’s Stewardship Team