Stewardship Committee Report

Paving the Road Ahead Campaign

We have had an extremely successful Paving the Road Ahead campaign to date. We have over $31,000 cash-in-hand and a few thousand more in pledges (as of the end of August). As a result, we have been able to finalize the plans for paving our parking lot, with the project itself beginning September 13th. We have been equally delighted with the support that our monthly visual presentations have received. Adults and children alike have demonstrated various creative ways to park a toy car, and both seasoned and neophyte parishioners have shared what Incarnation means to them in accompanying testimonials.

While the first phase of the Paving the Road Ahead campaign addressed Incarnation’s present needs, the second phase asks us to think about our past. We have targeted the final $20,000 of the $50,000 campaign on paying down our long-term debt. Just as we filled a very plain looking parking lot with colourful cars, we are hopeful that the blank white (model) church will turn into a colourful miniature version of Incarnation.

Time and Talent

In June, Incarnation held its annual Volunteer Appreciation Sunday where parishioners were acknowledged for the hundreds upon hundreds of hours of time given to making this church function.

In the past, parishioners have been asked to consider their commitment to stewardship in terms of time, talent and treasure, with a single toolkit, distributed towards the end of the calendar year. While the timing of this toolkit is appropriate for determining financial commitment for the following calendar year, it is felt that the one’s determination of one’s time and talent for the following church year ie. September to June, is better carried out in the spring. As a result, beginning in 2012, the Time and Talent tool kit will be distributed in April/May. 

Treasure

The Stewardship committee is in the early planning stages of the fall stewardship campaign. The annual dinner is tentatively scheduled for Friday, November 4th with our commitment to St. Matthew’s House being the focus of the evening. As we have done in the past, we hope to provide the parish with an event that both entertains and provides an opportunity for reflection.