Giving Opportunities at St. Thomas More

Treasure is everything that God has given to us; it’s not just the money that God provides. It’s the food. It’s the shelter. It’s the clothing. God has given them all to us as a gift. Now in our society when we’ve become “self-sufficient,” meaning that we’re more than self-sufficient, we can start thinking: “I’m providing for myself. I’m making that money happen. I’m earning the salary. I’m paying the bills. I bought all of this stuff.”

What do I mean God gave it to you? Well, God gives us our every breath. God makes everything happen to enable us to have our job, our health, and the ability to keep the job we have. God has created the economy and he blesses us. I believe this. God bless America! God has blessed America.

When we look at treasure as a gift of all the things that God has given us, we need to remind ourselves that what God gives us is not our own. It belongs to God. He gives it all to us.

Keeping this in mind, we ask our parishioners to give a tithe or ten percent of their time, talent and treasure back to God, in thanksgiving for all the blessings that God has given us. We reommend that that five percent of the tithe go to the parish, and the other five percent divided among various charities. We also recommend that one or two percent of the latter goes to the diocese. Father Andrew also reminds STM parishioners to remember giving to the religious orders.

Gifts to the parish may be given through various means such as the offertory envelopes which may be given weekly or by authomatic deduction or through your online banking.