This year's stewardship theme comes from the Spiritual, Plenty Good Room: In God’s house there is always room for more: more ideas, more people, more ways to share, more stories to tell. And in the world that God created, there is more needed: more love, more connection, more peace, more creativity. Father Daniel writes in his latest letter to the parish: "Our stewardship theme this year, one which many Episcopal churches are adopting, comes from an old African American spiritual. Our former Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, preached it to the world at the royal wedding in 2018 — "when love is the way, there's plenty good room for all God's children.” ... This claim of inclusion has long been a part of St. Paul's way. And the center of our life here is a table where everyone is welcome. Radical welcome isn't a slogan we adopted; it's the transformation we experience when people who have been fed start making room."
There’s Plenty Good Room in God’s House; pull up a chair and sit down.
(Read his full letter HERE.)
The Stewardship Committee encourages you to enter this Stewardship Season in prayerful and joyful consideration of how you can support God's mission through St. Paul's on the Green. To see where your gift goes, read the 2027 Narrative Budget HERE.
During Stewardship Season, members of the community will share their reasons for supporting St. Paul's.
Come back through the season to hear them.
Usil Skinner
Tina Hlinka
Salome Nsereko
Look for The Stewardship Letter from the Committee later this month. Feel free to reach out to any of them with questions:
Gail Bindley-Taylor, Anthony Howard Crisci, Marva Cummings (Co-Chair), Charlene Higbe, Lindsay Kennedy (Co-Chair), Lynne Linnartz; Paul Hunter (Treasurer
Proportional Giving: Growing Generosity as We Grow
"Proportional giving" means giving a percentage of your income rather than a fixed amount — a gift that grows as your income grows, and adjusts when circumstances change. It's the pattern St. Paul described when he asked believers to give "as God has prospered" them (1 Corinthians 16:2): not a rigid number, but a rhythm of generosity tied to what we actually have.
This is Plenty Good Room stewardship in action. Just as God's house always makes space for more — more people, more ideas, more ways to belong — proportional giving makes space for our generosity to grow over time. It meets us where we are right now, without shame or pressure, and simply invites us to take the next step: 2% becomes 3%, 5% becomes 7%, on the way toward the tithe and beyond.
Proportional giving turns generosity into a practice rather than a one-time decision. It keeps our gratitude and our giving connected, season after season, so that as God prospers us, our response to God prospers too.
Try it: Use the chart below to calculate what percentage of your income you currently give. Then prayerfully consider one small step up — not out of obligation, but as a way of pulling up your chair a little closer to the table.
Why make a proportional gift?
Recently retired Bishop of Olympia, the Rt. Rev. Greg Rickel, stated that the tithe is only the beginning point. As Christians we give one hundred percent of what we have in gratitude for God who gave us everything there is. We’re all in.
When you make a proportional gift:
You set aside your first fruits, dedicating a portion of your wealth, works, and wisdom to God. This is a sacred act.
Your financial gift rises and falls with your income – it is right-sized to your household.
Giving back to God is a life-time journey; setting a percentage allows you to step up your giving over time.
Proportional Giving at a Glance
