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Our Response to a Stewardship Visit

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Aaron and I both really appreciated the Stewardship Visit from Lee Reid and Steve Knox. It was nice to talk quietly and make personal connections, and it was good to see what the financial goals of the church were. We had talked through some thoughts about how Aaron and I could contribute to the church community. Lee and Steve seem very connected to the different people in the church, and I know that I appreciated the recommendations for personal introductions. -- Jennifer deWinter


Aaron McGaffey and Jennifer deWinter
Aaron and I both really appreciated the Stewardship Visit from Lee Reid and Steve Knox. We joined the church hoping to form communal bonds (among other reasons), and we came to realize that people were driving in from all over, so connections outside of church times were harder to form casually. It was nice to talk quietly and make personal connections, and it was good to see what the financial goals of the church were. Lee and Steve seem very connected to the different people in the church, and I know that I appreciated the recommendations for personal introductions. Coffee hour seems particularly difficult to talk with new people (especially when we are worried about what are children are doing at any particular moment).

We had talked through some thoughts about how Aaron and I could contribute to the church community, and I know that I have felt that talent has been a particularly under tapped category (at least for me). There are a number of things that I am able to do and have done in support of academic and non-profit institutions, including grant writing, study tours to Asia, help with job search materials, and the like. I wonder if there might not be a way to discover the talents of individuals in the congregation and mobilize those toward civic and spiritual ends. While I understand that it often falls to people to take initiative, sometimes it is difficult to identify what initiative would be welcomed and how that might fit into the larger structure of the community’s goals.

Again, we are grateful for the Stewardship Visit and the time taken in talking with both of us.

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