2023 Monthly Ministry Series
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE
Monday, June 19, 2023 – 6:30 p.m. Pacific
The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco Stewardship Ministry
continues the monthly series “Let Your Light Shine”. Please join us on
Monday, June 19 at 6:30 p.m. PDT for a special presentation on “Engaging Parishioners through True Christian Stewardship – Time, Talents, and Treasures”.
This
webinar will be hosted by Metropolis Stewardship Ministry leader Steve
Pappas who will welcome back Stewardship Calling evangelist Bill
Marianes.
Bill will be joined by guest presenter Father Stephen
Vernak from Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church (OCA) in Harrisburg, PA.
Father Stephen will share his parish’s extraordinary work to increase
Stewardship and parishioner engagement.
We encourage all of the
parishes in our Metropolis to invite their Stewardship Chairs and
Stewardship Committee members to this webinar to take part in a lively
dialogue.
Join us to hear from these leading Stewardship experts
on how to strengthen your own parish’s True Christian Stewardship. As
always, come prepared to learn, ask questions, and share your
experiences with us.
For more information, please email metropolis@sanfran.goarch.org or call 415-753-3075.
Your Host
Steve Pappas
Guest Presenters
Rev. Father Stephen Vernak
Fr. Stephen and his wife Anna are blessed with four children. He
received his Bachelor of Science in Recreation Management from the
University of Vermont (‘99), then managed senior housing properties in
Alaska and Oregon for five years.
After enrolling at seminary in 2005, he was awarded a Master of Divinity from St. Tikhon Orthodox Theological Seminary (’07). Fr. Stephen has served as pastor of Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church (OCA) in Harrisburg, PA for the past sixteen years. During that time his community embraced a percentage base stewardship model that has seen their annual giving increase 147%. He is involved in various local and national ministries. Currently he serves on the board of Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF), Orthodox Youth and Young Adult Ministries (OYM), the OCA Office of Pastoral Life, and Thriving in Ministry - a Lilly Endowment funded program that provides clergy and clergy wife peer learning opportunities across Orthodox jurisdictions.
Bill Marianes
Bill has been called a “stewardship calling evangelist” and “the
Orthodox WHY guy.” For 36 years, he was a partner and in leadership for
two global law firms with over 1,100 lawyers each, where he was managing
partner of the Atlanta office and practiced in the areas of corporate
law, mergers and acquisitions. He retired early so that he could “work”
full time for free through his Stewardship Calling ministry
to help people and parishes discover and live their stewardship
callings so that they can have a good account before the awesome
judgment seat of Christ.
