Stewardship speaks of Gratitude, Generosity, Responsibility, and Increase

1. Stewardship speaks of Gratitude, Generosity, Responsibility, and Increase

2. The Universal Church

3. GRATITUDE GENEROSITY INCREASE RESPONSIBILITY

4. To RECEIVE the Gifts of God With GRATITUDE To CULTIVATE the Gifts RESPONSIBLY To SHARE the Gifts GENEROUSLY with others in JUSTICE To RETURN the Gifts With INCREASE to God

5. To RECEIVE the Gifts of God With GRATITUDE Understanding that we are gifted! Receiving gifts graciously and gratefully!

6. To CULTIVATE the Gifts RESPONSIBLY CULTIVATE

7. Different levels of giftedness—different levels of cultivation

8. To SHARE the Gifts GENEROUSLY with OTHERS in JUSTICE SHARE GENEROUSLY JUSTICE OTHERS

9. To RETURN the Gifts With INCREASE to God Not GIVE, But RETURN Do you trust in God or the lottery ? What is Increase?

10. To RECEIVE the Gifts of God With GRATITUDE To CULTIVATE the Gifts RESPONSIBLY To SHARE the Gifts GENEROUSLY with others in JUSTICE To RETURN the Gifts With INCREASE to God

11. The 4 Quadrants according to the Laughlins

12. TO FOLLOW FAITHFULLY… • A call to be faithful and loyal to the teachings of the Church—to practice our faith consistently and sacramentally. Following faithfully defines itself in our lives as Catholics and Christians. It is evident in our prayer lives, our family lives, our attendance at and our participation in the life of the parish Church. It means being a sacramental people.

13. TO LIVE RESPONSIBLY… • How do we live as stewards of our environment? How good are we as citizens and members of our communities, our states and nations, the global community? We need to be involved, and perhaps even leaders in those areas.

14. TO SHARE GRATEFULLY… • Do we give and share in an organized and proportionate way? Do we share not only of our resources, but also of our very lives, of our time and talents? The grateful steward finds a sense of peace, justice, and contentment, and the motivation for giving is thankfulness, not obligation.

15. TO POSSESS LOOSELY… • Letting go—of possessions, of time, of traditions, perhaps even of other people, of all those things in which we feel we have a vested interest—is perhaps the most difficult thing for us to do in the midst of a society which seems to honor, reward, and emphasize the opposite behavior and goals. • We are taught to gather and to tightly maintain a hold on what seem to be needs, rather than wants. Possessing loosely is our daily challenge in being good stewards.

16. The 4 Quadrants according to the Laughlins