Quickstart Guide
The 2019 QuickStart Guide will assist your parish Stewardship team in getting started and planning a full year of Stewardship Ministry. Download »
Stewardship Ministry Handbook
This booklet contains guidelines for preparation of a parish Stewardship Program. Visit OrthodoxMarketplace.com for additional copies of the Handbook. Download PDF » | Download Word DOC »
Stewardship Brochure 2019
This tri-fold brochure, provides a reflection on the theme "Stewards of the Faith: All Things are Possible to the One Who Believes in Christ," and its implications for stewardship today. This brochure serves as an insert in your stewardship communications or as a resource to be offered during stewardship visitations. Download PDF » | Download Word DOC »
Sample Commitment Card
The sample commitment card provides your stewards with a format for considering blessings in their lives and the many ways in which they may offer these blessings back to God. Download PDF » | Download Word DOC »
Stewardship 2019 Poster
This 11 x 17 color poster shares the message of stewardship with your parishioners and visitors. Download JPG » | Download PDF »
Stewardship Powerpoint Presentations
The resources include a PowerPoint Presentation to assist you in presenting the concepts of Stewardship within the theme of the year. Additional timely PowerPoint Presentations are available in the previous years' resource materials. These presentations are provided in a customizable format, so that you may add photos and entire slides to personalize the presentation for your purposes. Download PPT » | Download PDF »
Bulletin Inserts
These bulletin inserts will assist you in promoting a positive stewardship message and educating the faithful. Inserts are formatted for 8.5x14 paper. Download PDF »
Ministry Profiles
We hope you will be inspired by the following stories from these parishes on their experience with stewardship
- Council of Ministries and Its Role in Stewardship Development: St. Nektarios - Charlotte, NC
- Kiosk Convenience Increases Stewardship: St. Katherine - Falls Church, VA
- Maximize: Holy Trinity - Carmel, IN
- Transforming the Heart of a Community: from Dues to Stewardship: Holy Trinity - Pittsburgh, PA
Sample Letters
Sample letters to send to your stewards are available to assist you in your communications efforst. The Stewardship team should plan to send quarterly follow-up letters through September, followed by a special letter in early December and, if needed, an end-of-year letter. Download Word DOC »
Sermons
This section includes sermon on the theme for this year.
- Stewards of the Faith: Sermon on the 2019 Stewardship Theme »
- Additional sermons may be found here »
Banners: Vinyl Outdoor and Bannerflux Fabric Indoor Stewardship Banners
These beautiful high resolution banners promote the message of stewardship in your parish. Various sizes and materials are available on the order form. Download order form (PDF) » | Download Hi-Res JPG for Printing on your own »
Graphics Files
Graphic files and the Original Icon image are provided for those that chose to customize their parish materials. Download »
Family Information Form
The Family Information Form provides a tool for gathering information on new and existing parishioners with the goal of engaging them in the life of the church according to their interests, skill, training and education. As the new parish management software is implemented, this information will be utilized by the parish priest and his designees for supporting parish ministries and implementing new initiatives. Download PDF » | Download Word DOC »
All of the 2019 Stewardship Campaign resources listed above are available in hard copy through the Department of Stewardship, Outreach & Evangelism. Please send your requests by email to [email protected].
Though we have made every effort to anticipate the needs of the parish Stewardship Team, the Department of Stewardship, Outreach & Evangelism is available to assist you. Contact the department by email ([email protected]), fax (646-706-0057) or by telephone (646-519-6760). We will do our best to accommodate your request.
Thank you for your dedication to Stewardship Ministries.