Parish Resources

Commissions, Job Description
How to form a Stewardship Commission	View
Assigning staff responsibility - Stewardship job description	View

Prayers for Liturgy, Meetings, Printed Materials
Simple Stewardship Prayers - for parish publications and mailings	View
Stewardship Prayers of the Faithful - liturgical prayers with a stewardship emphasis	View
Prayers and Prayer Services - appropriate for parish council, commission and committee meetings	View

Yearly Commitment Renewal, Best Practices, Annual Report
2013 PDS Package	View
2013 Quarterly Instruction Packet	View
2013 Quarterlies	Download
2012/13 Commitment Renewal Manual - Stewardship of Treasure	View
BRM	View
Maximizing Financial Giving - Best Practices	View
'State of the Parish Report' Template - Free guide for parishes creating their own reports, from Our Sunday Visitor	View
Ministry Fair How-To's	View
Telephone Follow-up	View

Annual Report Examples
St. Rose, Longview	View
St. James Cathedral, Seattle	View
St. Brendan, Bothell	View
Holy Cross, Lake Stevens	View
All Saints, Puyallup	View

Stewardship Quotes and Reflections, Bulletin Notes and Inserts
Stewardship Reflections for the Liturgical Year	View
Stewardship Quotes, including Scripture	View
Bulletin Insert Series - Stewardship as a Way of Life	Contact Us
Bulletin Insert Series - Stewardship of St. Paul	Contact Us

Tri-Fold Brochure
Welcoming Brochure for your pews. Tri-fold brochure is pre-formatted in Word and easily customized for your parish.	View

Thank you to Our Lady of the Lake parish for sharing examples of their parish ministries brochures, offered as guidance and inspiration in creating ministry brochures for your parish.

Brochure Examples from Our Lady of the Lake
Parish Ministries and Groups	View
Altar Servers	View
Eucharistic Ministers	View
Hospitality Ministry	View
Lector Ministry	View
Music Ministry	View
Sacristan Ministry	View
Taize Prayer	View

Electronic Communications/Online Giving Best Practices
Parish Website Best Practices As each generation becomes “more online”, increasing numbers of parishioners will seek out your website for information, donating, registering, and volunteering.	View
Parish Email Best Practices Using email to communicate with your parishioners will save money, time, and paper. It will also allow you to communicate with them more effectively and immediately. It also benefits parishioners, giving them the ability to communicate more effectively with the parish one-on-one.	View
Online Giving Best Practices Online giving is a critical component of parish/diocesan fundraising, now, and in the future. The Archdiocese of Seattle has long encouraged parishes to offer their parishioners the opportunity to give electronically.	View

General Parish Resources
Our Sunday Visitor (OSV) - Website	View
OSV Webinars - Online seminars designed to help your parish "develop and sustain" stewardship, including FREE webinars on online giving	View
OSV 'State of the Parish Report' - Product information	View
Online Giving - Faith Direct	View
Electronic and Online Giving for your Parish	View