Diocesan Board Approves Revised 2020 Budget
Dear People of the Diocese: Since the COVID-19 pandemic began to impact ministry and operations several months ago, leaders of congregations across the Diocese of Central New York have been [...]
Stewardship committee offers resources for COVID-19, including online giving
Stewardship resources from the diocesan Stewardship committee to help church leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Are we getting warm yet?
Stewardship team member Peter Koeppel asks us to take action in response to climate change: "The person who feels the impact of your actions first may live half-way around the globe, and you may [...]
“God bless us, every one!”
Can we be stewards in our gift-giving this holiday season?
The joy of giving
Do you remember what Christmas was like for you as a child?As children we have a real sense of the joy receiving a gift can bring...
Of our churches
Just as Notre Dame de Paris was and is being kept alive by those who visit, pray and worship in it, so our own churches are kept alive by us, who visit, pray, worship, work and volunteer in them, [...]
Plastics and the Invisible Hand
If we agree that simply tossing plastics into landfills or God’s wide world around us does not constitute sound environmental stewardship, then we have to find ways to reduce the amount of [...]
Where does it come from?
great-aunt of mine talked about her father having a well drilled in their home’s backyard, remembering that he would stand there, every day, and carefully and deliberately pump up water into [...]
Year-Round Stewardship: Watch Recorded Webinar
Watch this "Year-Round Stewardship" webinar (originally recorded on June 5, 2019) to learn fun and useful ways to keep your parish engaging in ministry with time, talent, and treasure year-round.
What we have in “commons”
As water and air flow around our shared home planet, shared not just among people, but with every living being, do we ask how what we put into the air and water impacts the sacred web of [...]