SJJ Alumni Association & Young Alumni Club
Stewardship – Helping Mold a Better Future “How can I repay the Lord for all of the blessings he has bestowed upon me? “ -‐Psalm 116:12 “[L]et us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.…” Hebrews 10:24 To us, Stewardship is not just a program, fundraising, or about money. Stewardship is about personal growth; learning leadership; sharing your God-‐given talents; and providing guidance and care for all that God has entrusted us with. Stewardship is about becoming a better person, a leader, and helping others. It is about keeping, improving, and passing on important values from one generation to the next. Some explain Stewardship through the concepts of Time, Talent, and Treasure. • Time: a good steward dedicates some of his or her time, one of the most valuable human possessions, in order to do good. • Talent: we must share our God-‐given talents in order to benefit others. • Treasure: we must share our financial success with others. You have the opportunity to use your God-‐given talents and blessings to support and enhance SJJ’s vital mission. SJJ serves students during their formative years of Preschool through 8th grade. It is our mission to lay the groundwork for character formation, a love of learning, and a dedication to service. Through your Stewardship work, you will not only gain leadership skills and personal growth, but you will also help others and help mold a better future. As John Paul II wrote: “It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to follow an ideal, the refusal to allow yourselves to be ground down by mediocrity, the courage to commit yourselves humbly and patiently to improving yourselves and society, making the world more human and more fraternal.” Prayer Vigil August 19, 2000
Stewardship Opportunities By joining our Stewardship program you can help us make the SJJ Community even better. And our program will help you learn how to “bear fruit.” Mark 11:12-‐14:
Jesus one day became hungry and he saw in the distance a fig tree in leaf. He went to see if the tree had any figs. We he came upon it, he found nothing but leaves. Finding no fruit, Jesus said to it “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” His disciples then saw that the fig tree withered from the roots up. Jesus’s cursing of the fig tree is a lesson for us to not just appear to be living his message, but to actually live it – to bear the fruit – to actually give your fruit (your time, talents, and treasure) to share with and nourish others. In the case of the fig tree, it looked like a fig tree, but it did not actually bear its fruit to nourish others. Our Stewardship program helps you to go beyond just learning his message and teaches you how to actually live his message and to “bear fruit.” To join our Stewardship program, contact Rachel Oliss at
[email protected] or call 440-‐212-‐2374.
