2027 Online Pledge Card
The 2027 Stewardship Campaign theme is “Use your Gifts.” The theme comes from the first letter of Peter:
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms.” (1 Peter 4:10)
God has given each of us abundant grace—so much love and care, our health, our ability to work, our creativity and energy. Some of these gifts come in the form of income—our retirement income, our work income, our public assistance or our investment returns. Some come as talents—we are blessed to have gifted teachers, artists, musicians, organizers, and writers in our midst. Collectively, we are called to be faithful stewards of all we have been given, to use our diverse gifts and abilities to serve our neighbors in the loving way of Jesus.
This year, our stewardship campaign seeks to raise $705,000 in pledges, an 11% increase over our 2026 pledge goal. The costs increase is attributable to our investment in our personnel—adding more hours to our family minister position (Michele Maia) so that she can invest deeply in the lives of our children and youth, and providing essential health benefits to our staff. (Though our new curate, the Rev. Debie Thomas’s salary and benefits are reflected in the proposed budget, the costs are covered by a grant from Trinity Wall Street.)
For a snapshot of our draft budget see a video explanation from our Treasurer Susan Pines at saint-marks.com/stewardship-2.
The budget represents the funding needed to support the work we do every day to build up faithful Christians who carry the love of Jesus out beyond our walls. This budget pays for all the ways that we gather, worship, learn, and foster meaningful connections in the larger community so that the work of compassion and justice can move forward. Because Christlike service is at the heart of our mission, we are especially grateful to God for our staff, who use their gifts to support, equip, and encourage all of our members to be Christ’s hands and feet in the world. As they lead liturgy and small groups, offer pastoral care and direct support for our many outreach ministries, the St. Mark’s staff allows our impact as a robust and outward-facing parish to grow.
Jesus calls us to “Use Our Gifts.” Please consider doing so by making a pledge that will enable us to do more good work together. Join a group and donate your time to serving others. Come to worship and study with us as we grow together in faith and live as Jesus taught us, loving and serving our neighbors. It is joyous work that feeds our souls.
All blessings,
Rev. Kirsten
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms.” (1 Peter 4:10)
God has given each of us abundant grace—so much love and care, our health, our ability to work, our creativity and energy. Some of these gifts come in the form of income—our retirement income, our work income, our public assistance or our investment returns. Some come as talents—we are blessed to have gifted teachers, artists, musicians, organizers, and writers in our midst. Collectively, we are called to be faithful stewards of all we have been given, to use our diverse gifts and abilities to serve our neighbors in the loving way of Jesus.
This year, our stewardship campaign seeks to raise $705,000 in pledges, an 11% increase over our 2026 pledge goal. The costs increase is attributable to our investment in our personnel—adding more hours to our family minister position (Michele Maia) so that she can invest deeply in the lives of our children and youth, and providing essential health benefits to our staff. (Though our new curate, the Rev. Debie Thomas’s salary and benefits are reflected in the proposed budget, the costs are covered by a grant from Trinity Wall Street.)
For a snapshot of our draft budget see a video explanation from our Treasurer Susan Pines at saint-marks.com/stewardship-2.
The budget represents the funding needed to support the work we do every day to build up faithful Christians who carry the love of Jesus out beyond our walls. This budget pays for all the ways that we gather, worship, learn, and foster meaningful connections in the larger community so that the work of compassion and justice can move forward. Because Christlike service is at the heart of our mission, we are especially grateful to God for our staff, who use their gifts to support, equip, and encourage all of our members to be Christ’s hands and feet in the world. As they lead liturgy and small groups, offer pastoral care and direct support for our many outreach ministries, the St. Mark’s staff allows our impact as a robust and outward-facing parish to grow.
Jesus calls us to “Use Our Gifts.” Please consider doing so by making a pledge that will enable us to do more good work together. Join a group and donate your time to serving others. Come to worship and study with us as we grow together in faith and live as Jesus taught us, loving and serving our neighbors. It is joyous work that feeds our souls.
All blessings,
Rev. Kirsten