I am very glad to send this message in support of your Christian Stewardship Renewal Campaign. I feel that I already know quite a lot about Saltwood from the time I spent with you last year when I came to open the new extension and from what friends have told me of the life of your Parish.
It is a parish which both past and present have richly endowed, with the inheritance of a splendid church in an historic setting, and with a community which has grown in vigour and diversity as a result of recent developments.
Archbishop of Canterbury

There is the gift of time. Time to help this
church in whatever way any of us can,
whether it be in cleaning our pews, keeping
the graveyard tidy or passing on the gospel
the next generation. Time is what few of us
have enough of - but all of us can make more.
There is the gift of talent. The talent to create on behalf of our church, with our hands, our brains and our imaginations.
Our church needs all our talents to continue to be the focal and vital part of our community.

Lastly there is the gift of money.
We need to give to the church as much as the church needs us to give. This gift can be given quietly and with humility. And it is the spirit of that gift, as well as the gift itself, that sustains our church. It also sustains the people and the priest of our church.
These are some of the ways of continuing the Christian stewardship here at St Peter and St Paul. Those who can give for this church by prayer, thought, word and deed will do so. That in itself is a gift.