Stewardship Committee

Stewardship Committee

As Ambassadors for Christ, the Virginia Synod Stewardship Committee helps people experience the exciting possibilities as children of God, growing in faith, and understanding that life is a gift from God to be celebrated and shared.

The Stewardship Committee’s mission is to create and nurture generous giving of one’s time, talent and resources by:

1. developing and delivering educational opportunities for individuals,

committees, councils, and congregations;

2. assisting congregations in establishing a stewardship committee and

introducing various stewardship practices and opportunities;

3. promoting Evangelical Lutheran Church in America stewardship resources;

4. presenting synod-wide educational workshops;

5. publicizing new ideas, resources, and trends in stewardship.

The following five broad synodical goals were established to guide the committee's activities:

1. Encourage actions within each congregation to ensure that their mission and the purpose of their ministries are clear and well understood by the members of the congregations.

2. Promote Synod-wide, year-round stewardship of life programs to achieve better understanding of stewardship as a lifestyle.

3. Take actions to further establish a culture of gratitude and thanksgiving in every congregation.

4. Promote a broader understanding of the stewardship-for-life resources available to congregations to assist them in their improvement activities.

5. Promote an emphasis aimed at shifting societal values from accumulation to sharing.

Committee Members:

Cary Mangus of St. John, Roanoke joined the synod staff in September 2005 as the ELCA Stewardship Specialist for the VA Synod. Mangus, a Roanoke College graduate, recently retired from CMT Sporting Goods, a five-store chain he and three partners founded in 1970. Please feel free to contact Cary with stewardship questions and concerns via email at cjmangus@cox.net or by phone at (540) 774-8702.

Rebekah Paulson of Luther Memorial, Blacksburg, is the chair of the VA Synod Stewardship Committee. All those who are interested in learning more about stewardship or aiding in the mission and goals of the committee please contact her via email at marknrebekah@mindspring.com.

Other committee members include Jackie Bourque of St. Paul, Strasburg; Dolph Moller of Christ the King, Richmond; The Rev. James Nickols of Reformation, Newport News; Gail Penman of St. Thomas, Bealeton; and The Rev. Kent Peterson of St. John, Abingdon.

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