Life & Legacy


 Life & Legacy is our way of remembering that life is a precious gift from God; and that we must take seriously stewardship of all that we have, and even more seriously, be grateful for having it!

These pages are designed to help you create and live out a Christian life of stewardship and give cheerfully in gratitude for all that you have.
Our life of stewardship includes responsibility for not just our own possessions and our family but concern and caring for those around us and our environment. When Anglicans gather in worship to give thanks for all that we have and pray for guidance about our future activities we are mindful of these responsibilities. We are a people who believe in the dual Christian calling to works of compassion and charity and to works of social justice.
We subscribe to four basic principles of Christian stewardship:
  • Praying to God with grateful hearts
  • Nuturing our family with time and love
  • Sharing our gifts with our community
  • Returning to God the first fruits of our labors

These Life & Legacy pages will help you and your parish build a stewardship-centred life and create your Legacy of Love - your Christian plan for sharing your time, talent and resources to build a better life and community, both now, and in the future.

Stewardship Development


Stewardship Education
 

The Stewardship Development Committee is a Standing Committee of the Diocese of New Westminister. It recommends policy to Diocesan Council for advocating, promoting and coordinating good stewardship throughout all parishes and diocesan agencies and is responsible for implementing approved policies. It is also responsible for developing, promoting and implementing fund raising programs as required from time to time by the diocese and its agencies.

Responsibilities

  1. Promote and advocate Christian stewardship principles.
  2. Conceive and implement fund raising programs to support onging diocesan mission.
  3. Support and assist parishes and diocesan agencies in designing and implementing effective financial development programs.
  4. Acquire and prepare resources for Christian stewardship for use throughout the diocese.
  5. Advise the diocese on available resources for stewardhip development work.
  6. Coordinate information among national, provincial and diocesan levels of the Anglican Church on matters relating to financial development.
  7. Coordinate activities with the work of the Standing Committee on Planned Giving.
Committee Membership
Ms. Liz Cullen, Acting Chair
Ms. Hales Jones
Mr. Mark Munn
Ms. Donelda Parker
Mr. David Sanders

Committee Staff
Mr. Glen Mitchell

 

 

 

 

Planned Giving

The Planned Giving Committee is a standing committee of the Diocese of New Westminister. It is responsible for recommending policy to Diocesan Council for advocating, promoting and coordinating planned giving throughout all parishes and diocesan agencies and for implementing approved policies. It operates the diocesan planned giving office and maintains its records and works in conjunction with the Standing Committee on Stewardship Development.

Responsibilities


Develop, promote and implement a planned giving program for the diocese.

In conjunction with Stewardship Development to develop and generate fund raising projects to generate capital for the Anglican Initiatives Fund.




Committee Membership


Ms. Liz Cullen, Chair
Rev. Janice Lowell
Dr. Ed Fidler
Mr. Dirk Lauden

Committee Staff


Mr. Glen Mitchell