Stewardship is often thought of as our duty to give support to the parish and to provide for material needs.  However, giving is only a piece of the meaning of stewardship.  Stewardship is helping the Church’s mission with time, money, and personal resources of all kinds.  It is an option, but a serious duty if we are truly collaborators in God’s work of creation, redemption and sanctification.  Stewardship ties into the other Parish Life elements by leading people to share in the work of Evangelization, and the ministries of Faith Formation and Service.