Stewardship Newsletter 3
Stewardship Newsletter 3
Hi Delegates,
We hope and pray that you all had a nice Christmas and that you
are healthy and excited to start a new year of ministry in the
Church. We are excited about M&S and Stewardship as we begin
2016. There are lots of glad tidings and new resources to share.
Please find ways to share this newsletter and the material herein
with members of your Pastoral Charge.
Have you
considered
giving a gift to
the Church in
your will??
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Pre-Authorized
Authorized Remittance
Is your congregation on
PAR? PAR, or PreAuthorized Remittance
Remittance, is a
program that enables
churches to offer
congregation members the
opportunity to sign up to
have their offering come
directly to the church from
their bank account once a
month. The program is
easy to set up, inexpensive
and best of all has the
potential to increase giving
and regulate income
throughout the year.
home. As we worked
through it together, we
realized that our sense of
legacy extends beyond
family and we want to give
something back to the
communityto the
Church, especially.
The Church has helped
us in so many ways over
the years, continued
Marlene. Weve had great
ministers; our children
have developed strong
values for life; and as
weve matured, it has
helped us shape our ideas
about what really matters.
It has provided the whole
family with a great
legacy.
So as good stewards, it
feels good to return the
favour.
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On October 1 2015
Roger Janes, our
Conference Program &
Leadership Staff for 18
years, started a new
position - Stewardship &
Gifts Officer, Atlantic
Region.
Usually upon receiving this
kind of news you would
expect us to say that we
will miss him. But the truth
is we wont. He is not
going anywhere! Roger
will continue to provide
staff support to our two
District Stewardship
Divisions. Furthermore,
he will be staying in Grand
Falls-Windsor and for the
time being will be
continuing to work out of
the Conference Office
there.
Rogers position with the
Conference involved about
30% Stewardship, so
some of his new position
will be the same. What is
different is that Roger is
now working in both NL
Conference and the
Maritime Conference, and
is now taking on the role of
Financial Development
Officer as well. Clyde
Flight and Pam Harrison
held these positions
previously in
Newfoundland and
Labrador and the
Maritimes, respectively.
Roger looks forward to this
new ministry and the
challenges it will offer. He
is also excited that he will
continue to provide
Stewardship support and
resources to the
congregations in this
conference.
Roger is now available to
clergy and lay leaders to
provide information,
workshops and
consultations on such
topics as: Stewardship
Best Practices how to
increase congregational
giving; Legacy Gifts;
Congregational Giving
Programs, Mission &
Service, PAR, Narrative
Budgeting, and much
more. Please utilize Roger
in this new role. His new
e-mail is:
[email protected]
Telephone: 709-489-5101
Roger is available to
Congregations to do
Consultations and workshops on
Best Stewardship Practices.
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Do you believe in
miracles? I do, and not
only in those that
happened in Jesus day. I
believe that miracles
happen today and I
have witnessed them!
At age 24 I boarded a
plane for the fifth time in
my life. The first time had
been seven months prior,
when I left for theological
school in Halifax. I had
never in my life been
further away than Nova
Scotia from my hometown
of Grand falls-Windsor,
Newfoundland and
Labrador. That spring day
I was heading all the way
to Vancouver. Both
anxious and excited I was
embarking on my first
summer field placement at First United Church on
the Downtown Eastside, a
ministry which receives
funding from Mission &
Service. Four months
later I came back to
Newfoundland and
Labrador a changed
young man. That
Summer I experienced our
church in an incredible
mission, and I got the
opportunity to really live
my faith. I came away
from that internship with a
new appreciation for The
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United Church
Bookstore
Need Stewardship
Resources? How about
Lenten Folders, Sympathy
or Special Occasion
Cards, or particular gift
ideas?
Contact either Leona at
the St. Johns office, or
Rochelle at the Grand
Falls-Windsor Office.
Leona
St. Johns
1-877-954-0386
[email protected]
Rochelle
GFW
1-709-489-5101
THANK YOU