All Saints Episcopal Church, Hilton Head Island, SC
January 1, 2007
The Cornerstone Campaign
is an ambitious vision for the life and ministry of our parish. It is a vision
which is asking members of our parish to give sacrificially and intentionally
for the mission of Jesus Christ within and well beyond the parish campus.
The specifics of this vision will be articulated and shared with the parish
family, beyond the broad vision already before you, during the upcoming weeks.
To do this, the campaign needs your help and the help of many in the parish.
Through direct involvement, every member of All Saints will be given numerous ,
opportunities to take hold of the vision.
The stewardship program is really two programs running concurrently: our
stewardship of our yearly budget for the life of the parish and
The Cornerstone Campaign that addresses
the extraordinary challenges placed before us by the Holy Spirit Those
challenges have included, but are not confined to, our debt, opportunities for
additional staff, and mission and ministry in our community as well as
internationally. To continue to fulfill the mission and ministry of Jesus
Christ, we are being called to a sacrificial faith that extends beyond the
comfortable places of our hearts. God is always moving us deeper and
forward, always asking us to trust that He will provide the will within us along
with the means to accomplish that vision placed in the midst of us.
I ask you to be open to new opportunities to serve. All Saints has a strong
history of being open to the call of God. Please consider volunteering, not so
much for a campaign as much as what that campaign and combined effort will offer
for the future ministry and mission of this parish. Within weeks. you will be
contacted by a member of the Campaign Leadership Team. In preparation for those
contacts, I encourage you to continue your prayers for this parish and to
include The Cornerstone Campaign in
those prayers.
In the privacy of your prayer life may you ask God to guide you as to your place
in this important endeavor. In the silence of listening, I hope you may
hear a small, imperceptible voice speaking to you. God's first language, after
all, is silence. Imagine an entire parish open to the will of God, God's
urgings, and the power of the Holy Spirit doing infinitely more than we can ever
imagine.
We are not doing this alone; with the wisdom and power of God at every side, and
the gift of the Holy Spirit guiding our every move, all we are asked is to have
faith.
In the rich tradition of this parish, I invite you to give from your heart...a
heart that has been influenced by your faith in Jesus Christ.
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