An Explanation about our Stewardship Program
“Managing” Our Talent, Time, & Treasure
The word “steward” according to Webster’s Dictionary is “a person entrusted with the management of estates or affairs not his own.” Our Judeo-Christian tradition teaches us that our talent, time, and treasury make up these “estates and affairs” given to us “to manage” by God.
Talent
In God’s wisdom, we were all created to be different in our abilities and talents so that we might help each other. God designed it that way to bring us together as a community. When we pray and worship as a community, many talents are at work; the Priest; the congregation singing; the chanter; the altar boys, and the ushers are giving their talents.
Talents can be as simple as being a reader to organizing a fund-raiser. Maybe you can sing well or write well, or you can bake or cook well. Whatever the talent, we are called by God to share them and each of us has many talents to share in the service of Holy Trinity's parish and the community at large.
Think of all the different talents you have and how you could use them to benefit others and the church. Look over the many ways you could help out and make a commitment. We need everyone’s talents so the burden isn’t left to a small group.
Adult Stewards
| Office Work | Bake (phosphoro) | Chanter/Reader | Church Bookstore |
| Greek Festival | Fundraising Committee | Building Committee | Hospitality Committee |
| Parish Council | Finance Committee | Stewardship Committee | |
| Monthly Mailings | Orthodox Education | Greek Language | |
| Church Choir | Philoptochos Society | Greek Folk Dance | |
| Chanter/Reader | Youth Ministries | Holy Trinity Nursing Home | |
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Youthful Stewards
Acolytes
Prepare Christmas Baskets
Youth Groups
Greek Language School
Greek Folk Dance
Clean the Church
Fold Palms for Palm Sunday
Time
The world of today is a fast-paced, time consuming place. Our jobs, children, personal commitments, leisurely pursuits, and sleeping all take a toll on the 24 hours we have in a day. We never seem to have enough time. The irony is time was given to us by God, and us humans in our wisdom have figured out endless ways to use it or waste it. Could there be any greater use of our time than that spent serving God in fulfilling His mission, serving the parish, and our fellow brothers and sisters?
Here at Holy Trinity we have many great ministries, committees, worship services, classes and fellowship gatherings where you can spend your time spiritually, helping others, in fellowship, and serving the needs of the parish and the community. We have people volunteering their time for many of these great works, but we need help from everyone so the burden doesn’t fall on a few. The needs of the Church are growing as the number of parishioners grows, and we need many more stewards to come forward and offer their stewardship of time.
Treasure
It would be wonderful if we could rely on our time and talents only to run the parish of Holy Trinity, but we also need the treasure of each of our parishioners in order to have a church. We utilize our time and talents, which God has given us to earn our treasure. It is therefore fitting that we give a fair portion of our treasure back as a thanksgiving to God. In the New Testament, Saint Paul writes “He who sows sparingly shall reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully shall reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Corinthians v. 9:6,7)
