Everything we are and everything we have comes as a gift from God. We are called to show good stewardship of these gifts since this enables us to build up the Body of Christ and deepen our relationship with God.

We are called to embrace “an attitude of gratitude” for the gifts we have been given so that we become ever more responsible and accountable as disciples of Jesus.

What is stewardship?

Stewardship is a way of looking at the world through the eyes of a disciple of Jesus Christ.  At its heart is the recognition that all we have and are is gift from God.

God is the giver of all that we have and are.

Stewardship is a way of living our discipleship in response to all that God has given us.

Gratitude for these gifts is expressed in prayer, worship, offering, and the action of sharing these gifts out of love for God and for one another.

Stewardship is what we do after we say ‘We believe!’

In short, stewardship is both a spirituality and a way of life.

(Extract from Portsmouth diocesan web site stewardship pages)

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They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share, thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life.