Used with permission of the Ecumenical Stewardship Center, 2009

WHAT IS STEWARDSHIP? 

      Stewardship is about making choices, as individuals and in community.  It is more than giving money to the church.  Stewardship is about being faithful disciples, caring for and managing all that God has given us. 

      Stewardship is not just one part of Christian discipleship; it involves every aspect of life in all the stages of life. 

      Stewardship is the grateful response to God’s grace and goodness.  It requires a consideration of how our choices affect us and others, of how we can be good caretakers of the created world, and of how we can best serve God as disciples of Christ. 


“And what does the Lord require of me?”

            Micah 6:8 

PER CAPITA   $36.00 per member

 

What is per capita?  It is a set amount of money (apportionment) per member that congregations pay to the larger Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – part of the glue that holds us together.

 

How old is per capita?   The first-known mention of per capita dates back to 1734 in a letter to ministers.

 

Who pays per capita, and how much?  Congregations (through their sessions) pay an annual amount of money per church member – per capita apportionment – to their respective presbyteries.

 

Cottonwood Church’s 2010 apportionment totals $10,000 payable in February. 

 

Stewardship Committee:  Alice Astroth, Elder/Chair; Colleen Alter, Lee Ann Barton, Sharon Cavagnolo, Rollie Hurlbut and Jack Tykal.