GIVING FOR MISSION
United in Love
An Invitation to Financially Participate in God’s Mission at St. Mark’s in 2025
Nearly our entire budget of our $400,000 is funded by over 100 pledges by members of the parish just like you. This year, we are celebrating that we are United in Love, the threads of God's tapestry all coming together to weave the story of God's abundance for this wonderful creation God has made.
Please take time to review the materials, especially the brochure filled with pictures from the last year which can be downloaded by clicking on the button below. Then, in consultation with a spouse or close friend and in prayer with God, please discern your financial pledge to God's mission at St. Mark's for next year. All together and United in Love, we can keep this special place on Pearl Street shining like a beacon of God's love onto our community.
GIVING AS SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE
We give back to God out of the myriad gifts God has showered upon us for two reasons. First, by giving back we stay in right relationship with God. We worship the giver instead of the gift. We live full lives enriched by multitudes of blessings instead of tiny lives in service to lifeless idols. And second, giving back offers us the opportunity to partner with God and use our unique constellations of gifts to turn the raw material of blessing into new and abundant life for all.
OUR GIFTEDNESS
Our God-given gifts come in many forms: talents we’ve honed over the years, time we dedicate to service, and financial resources, to name three. At St. Mark’s, we walk in love in worship and song, in teaching and learning, in fellowship and in friendship, in going out into the world in peace to see, name, and celebrate God’s presence. Our participation in God’s mission involves countless hours by myriad volunteers: Sunday worship leaders, children and youth ministries guides, altar preparers, flower arrangers, Eucharistic visitors, event organizers, knitters, singers, painters, carpenters, vestry members, and mission workers, to name a few.
THE STORY WE TELL
The money we spend each year to support God’s mission at St. Mark’s flows nearly all from the generous financial pledges of over 100 individuals and households. Each autumn, members of the parish join together in pledging their financial resources to God’s mission for the next calendar year. Knowing these numbers helps us generate the next year’s budget. Once completed, this budget helps narrate the story we are able to tell as one chapter of God’s people serving God’s mission.