2019 Canvass Brochure

Please complete the form below to submit your pledge/tithe online.

Pledge Year
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Time & Talent

In addition to your monetary pledge, this year’s Stewardship Campaign also provides the opportunity for all parishioners to further enhance their commitment of worship at the Advent by contributing/giving of their "Time & Talent." The Vestry recognizes that each parishioner contributes monetarily as much as one is able/willing to give; additionally, this year’s campaign affords the opportunity for each of us to further commit our “Time & Talent” to any of the list of activities. Simply check the box(es) by the activities that you are willing to support with your "Time & Talent." These commitments will be an expression to everyone (including our new Rector) of the activities we, the parishioners, value as part of our worship at the Advent.

  • Acolytes
  • Advent 20s & 30s
  • Advent Swingers Softball Team
  • Altar Guild
  • Archives preservation (175th anniversary preservation activities and beyond)
  • Assist at Daily Mass or Daily Office
  • Bell Ringing
  • Bible Study Group
  • Bookstore volunteers (during coffee hour)
  • Church School teachers and/or child care providers
  • Coffee Hour hosts
  • Community Supper Volunteers
  • Drivers/rides for parishioners in need of transportation
  • Entr’acte (Contributors to subject matter and clergy assistance)
  • Evening Compline Service (Leaders)
  • Families at the Advent
  • Flower Guild
  • Ministry on the Common volunteers
  • Morning / Evening Prayer Leader
  • Parish Office / Website / Other Administrative Help
  • Prayer & Care Team
  • Readers
  • Ushers
  • Various "drives for needs": One Warm Coat; canned goods; meals packages; Christmas toys & gifts; and other collectables for the needy of our community
  • Walk for Hunger
  • Theology on Tap
  • 9:00AM Choir

Draw your signature

Important Note: 

After submitting this form, you should receive an email confirming your pledge. If you do not receive this message, please contact the parish office by email (office@theadventboston.org) or phone (617-523-2377 ext. 122).

An Excerpt from Father James’ Sermon for Stewardship Sunday, 2018

Knowing the true meaning of stewardship as a necessary part of our Christian lives will help us see it as more than giving away some of our money. Again, the spiritual principle is that everything comes from God. We do not have anything of our own, it all belongs to God.

Father James' full sermon on stewardship is posted here.

Some Numbers to Consider

The following table is provided for your reference as you pray on your pledge amount.  It shows how much a 2%, 5%, and 10% pledge would amount to at various income levels.

  2.5% 5% 7.5% 10%
$25,000 $625 $1,250 $1,875 $2,500
$50,000 $1,250 $2,500 $3,750 $5,000
$100,000 $2,500 $5,000 $7,500 $10,000
$250,000 $6,250 $12,500 $18,750 $25,000
$500,000 $12,500 $25,000 $37,500 $50,000

The Baptismal Font

Our Baptismal Font was commissioned in 1850 (six years after the founding of the parish) by Elizabeth Perkins (whose family also established the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown). It is the oldest possession of the parish, designed by Frank Wills, and originally installed in the building on Green Street (now the Longfellow Place condo towers). It has followed us from Green Street to Bowdoin Street to Brimmer Street!  It has been recently been restored through the gift of another generous parishioner.

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The Font, Before Restoration

The Font, After Restoration