Stewardship Ministry
Dear St. Demetrios Steward,
The 2025 stewardship theme is Your Own from Your Own, We Offer to You. Please prayerfully take a moment
to read the bold-print reflection I came across in preparing to write this letter. It is a beautiful reminder of
what is possible through our faithful offering and God’s infinite love and mercy.
As Orthodox Christians, we see the world as God’s gift, as a sacrament of God’s presence and a means
of communion with Him. This way we are able to offer back to God, in thanksgiving and love, the
many gifts we receive from Him. Like the boy in the New Testament who offered the five loaves and
two fish and Jesus multiplied them to feed the 5,000, God receives our humble gifts and multiplies
them to feed the world.
In the miracle of the five loaves and two fish, we are taught to offer what we have, no matter the
amount, and miracles will happen.
So it is with our church, we often imagine only what is humanly possible. If we do our part in faith,
God will lovingly return to us much more than we could ever imagine. This is the true meaning of
“Your own from Your own.” We will see our church, not as it is, but as it could be, with our humble
gifts multiplied by God’s generosity and love. With our faithful offering, we will see in our church as
they did in the early Church, “…the Lord added to their number daily, those who were being saved.”
—taken from (Acts 2:47), goarch.org
As each of us becomes a steward of Christ’s Church, we join our parish family to become the Body of Christ.
Our church relies on Stewardship to pay operating expenses, including the support of our ministries. We
cannot rely on fundraisers to pay these expenses. Fundraisers help our vision become reality by supporting a
Capital Campaign; if we continue to rely on fundraisers to pay our operating expenses, we will face
challenges moving forward; with this in mind, please prayerfully consider increasing your commitment for
2025, by any amount and as you are able.
Please also consider how you can use your time and God-given talent to help our parish and support its
ministries. This is equally important.
I, along with Fr. Panteleimon, our Parish Council, and our Stewardship Committee, humbly offer you
thanks for your continued dedication to our parish and for your participation in Christ’s work of
salvation.
Yours in Christ,
Constance Kollias Anastopoulos
Stewardship Chair
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