We’re all on a journey.

It’s easy to forget that everything we have is a gift, but our vision is to see the Triangle transformed by the joyful living and giving of Christ followers. No matter where you are on your journey, our community is committed to walking together towards the God who holds nothing back.

WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH YOU

GENEROUS CHURCH offers churches the opportunity to inspire their members to consider how God is inviting them to explore together what it means to live generously as individuals and as a church. We encourage the Generous Giving curriculum to be initially experienced by the church leadership to understand what we have to offer. There would be no cost and no expected commitment. Another option is to present the content over several weeks through Sunday School or Small Groups. The content invites discussion around various scriptures and video stories of families and individuals with creative approaches to living generously.
GENEROUS CLASSROOM is a curriculum available for your child’s school to share similar curriculum as the Generous Family. The students go through a study over several weeks of video stories, conversations and steps to act on in response to seeing creative ways to be generous with their words, thoughts, attention, influence, belongings, time and money. There is a curriculum specifically created for private schools and home school groups.
GENEROUS FAMILY offers families a KIDS Book Club as well as a curriculum sharing children stories and creative inspiration to think about and discuss together how a child can be generous and how a family might think about ways to do it together. Generous Family shares how living generously involves not just money but includes our words, thoughts, attention, influence, belongings and time.
JOGS, or Journey of Generosity are mini-retreats that present the Generous Giving curriculum to adults throughout the Triangle. As stated above in Generous Church, the Generous Giving curriculum invites discussion around scripture and several video stories of generous living. Various JOGS are hosted locally throughout the year and you are also welcome to host a group of your friends or church group together to experience the retreats. There is no cost, no asks or formulas. Just an opportunity to pull away and have space to explore generosity together. The JOGS are offered in a one day format, 9am-4pm or an overnight that begins on Friday at 3pm and concludes at noon on Saturday. We do recommend the overnight timeframe. We also strongly recommend married couples attend together.
WOMEN DOING WELL is a mini-retreat specifically designed to help women explore their individual, God-given PASSION, PURPOSE and PLAN. This PATHWAY curriculum walks women through scriptures and video teachings and stories as well as exercises that give them opportunity to lean into what the Lord might be inviting them to participate in as they see their unique passion and heart for what is broken in this world.

Our Values

Gratitude

Joy

Action

Community

Collaboration

Relational

Prayer

Meet our Board of Advisors

Tom and Mary Vande Guchte

FOUNDERS OF GENEROSITY TRIANGLE
Tom and Mary have been married over 40 years and have five adult children and ten grandchildren. Mary has been a full-time mom and has been actively involved as an “almost full-time” volunteer in the church and community for their entire marriage. Tom is a former CPA who has started or acquired multiple businesses since 1992. In 2014, Tom and Mary attended a Generous Giving Celebration of Giving that changed their lives. Although they had always been generous, the stories they heard at this conference changed their whole perspective on giving. They went from believing that “they should give” to “we get to give… we get to participate with the God of the universe in the work He is doing here on earth”. They have experienced the joy of giving and it has impacted their marriage and their life mission. They believe that everything they have has been given to them by God to be used by them to be a blessing to others. God has called them to inspire others to live a generous life. God invites all of us to experience the joy of living a generous life and they love helping others discover the unique calling He has for them . Tom and Mary are trained facilitators for Generous Giving and Mary is a trained facilitator for Women Doing Well.
Bryan Dearolf

As a CFP® Professional and Certified Kingdom Advisor® at Abundant Life Financial, Bryan finds tremendous joy in serving as a guide for his client's generosity. Bryan also devotes time to equipping the next generation with biblical wisdom through Generous Classroom’s 7 Ways of Living Generously (K-8) and Ron Blue's Biblical Personal Finance curriculum for high schoolers. As a Senior Fellow of The Ron Blue Institute, he regularly teaches RBI's "God Owns it All" course at his home church in Cary and is a trained facilitator for Generous Giving's Journey of Generosity retreats. A retired Navy Commander, Bryan gained his inspiration for generous living while serving alongside the courageous servicemembers of the Armed Forces as a Naval Aviator, Strategist, and Commanding Officer.
Richard Newton

Richard leads the National Christian Foundation Carolinas local office. Richard has a heart for men's mentorship and discipleship and lives this out by volunteering at Raleigh Rescue Mission. His mission in work is to see generosity be a catalyst for kingdom good throughout the Triangle.
Kathryn Williams

Kathryn joined Generosity Triangle in 2024 and brings a great deal of experience in banking, securities, wealth management operations, and real estate law. Kathryn is excited to be a part of a Christian organization that shares her beliefs and values and is looking forward to growing relationships with Generosity Triangle givers and helping guide them on their road to generosity.
Danny Castiglione

Danny serves as Associate Pastor at Waypoint Church in Durham/Chapel Hill. He also serves as a Campus Minister to international students at Duke with InterVarsity. Danny, his wife, Erika, along with their three children, moved to the Triangle in 2012 to serve in the English ministry at a Korean church in Raleigh. Before that, they pioneered international student ministries in Boston and in East Asia and served in youth ministry in Atlanta. Danny is passionate about teaching the Bible and helping people from different cultures connect.
Melissa Hall

Melissa serves as a Philanthropic Advisor for Simple Charity. She finds joy in helping people love generously! Melissa grew up in Nashville, TN and graduated from Georgia Tech but has been in Raleigh for over 15 years. She served as a missionary in South Africa and is a trained facilitator for Generous Giving. She's been married to her husband, Erik, for 26 years and they have 3 young adult children- Jackson, Vusumzi, and Grace.