1. Pledge Power (Automatic Recurring Contribution)
Each month your contribution is automatically deducted from your personal checking account or charged to the credit card of your choice. Your contribution will be processed on the twentieth of each month.

2. One-Time Gift
Your one-time contribution is automatically charged to a credit card of your choice. One-time contributions can also be made by cash or check through the church's business office.

3. Church Envelope (For cash donation)
If you're not ready to give online, you can find envelopes in each church pew, or we'll happily provide you with envelopes in advance. Simply complete a pledge card card and return it to the church.

Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the flood gates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.” –Malachi 3:10b

“For the first time in my life I experienced the power of prayer. Some time ago I had a serious health scare. My friends, the staff at Marble and congregation all prayed for me. I got through it more spiritually grounded than I have ever been. I became aware of the many friends I have here at Marble. I felt loved and cared for. Their prayers made all the difference in the world.” –Robert Romagnoli

Strengthen your faith with prayer:

• Sunday & Wednesday Worship Services
• Prayer Circle
• 8am Marble Moment
• Good Friday Prayer Vigil
• Walking the Labyrinth

For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them. –Matthew 18:20

“I came to Marble looking for community and a church family because New York can be a really difficult city. Marble provided a place for spiritual growth. Many miracles have since taken place in my life. Including meeting my husband and after ten years of marriage adopting our beautiful son Andrew. We are thrilled to have this church in which to raise him.” –Carla Iliescu

Grow Spiritually & Explore Marble:

• Sunday & Wednesday Worship Services
• Christian Education
• Small Groups
• Program Ministries
• Sister Carol Perry’s Bible Study

But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us—see that you also excel in this grace of giving. –2 Corinthians 8:7

“I came to Marble because I felt there was something missing in my life. What I found at Marble is a group of people who accept me, unconditionally. I have an opportunity to be of service to my church and to my community and grow emotionally and in Christ. It has made me who I am and I have become a better person for it. I am so blessed. Why do I give to Marble? Marble is my spiritual home.” –Janet Smith

Give Back to God in Gratitude:

• Support Marble Church by returning your completed 2010 Pledge Card
• Or process your Pledge online

Beloved, if God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. –1 John 4:11

“I give of my time and talents because it allows me to see God actively working in my life and the lives of others. Service makes faith tangible.” –David Sisco

Share Your Time and Talent:

• Volunteer with the ACTION Committee
• Help maintain the peace ribbons
• Serve on a program group initiative
• Donate food and clothing

Marble Expenditures:		2010 Budget
	Programs	$1,383000
	Worship and Music	$957,000
	Facilities & Events	$563,000
	Outreach	$479,000
	Christian Education	$326,000
	Media Ministry	$527,000
	Property Maintenance	$675,000
	Food Service	$564,000
	Administration	$861,000
TOTAL		$6,335,000

Responding to Economic Realities:

• Marble's 2010 budget is $230,000 less than in 2009 and $480,000 lower than the 2008 budget.
• Decreased media and publications expenses, while broadening our reach through new media.
• Lowered salaries and eliminated staff positions.
• Significantly decreased endowment draw.

The concept of the tithe is well-developed in the Old Testament, the idea of giving to the service of God and to the care of the poor a specified share of one's harvest or flock. It is based on the simple fact that the earth was God's and human beings had only the use of it. The tithe acknowledged that dependency on God, the landlord.

The New Testament further develops this by underlining the idea of the steward, a person of enormous importance in a large household. It was he who had charge of all the master's material good and of their use. He owned nothing, but was answerable for the use and growth of everything. It isn't surprising that this word crept into the Christian vocabulary since there must have been any number of stewards for absentee Roman landlords in the crowds that Jesus addressed.

When Jesus spoke of the master who left each of his servants with talents to be invested, the stewards in the crowd would have nodded with understanding. Like us, their talents differed: one had five, one two, and the other only one, but no servant escaped accountability. Jesus says in Luke 12:48, "For everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded." This is not a threat, but a simple statement of a steward's responsibility.

Paul reminds the Corinthians of his and their vocation: "Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God's mysteries. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy." (Corinthians 4:1-2)

When we talk about stewardship we are being very biblical, very Jesus-centered. With the author of the Letter of Peter we reflect: "Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you had received." (1 Peter 4:10) God trusts us. There is no escaping our responsibility but why would we want to? Paul reminds us: "... for what do you have that you have not received? And if you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift?" (1 Corinthians 4:7)