Stewardship is Everyone’s Responsibility.
February 13th, 2007 at 1:21 pm (About Our Church, Finance, Pastor Notes, General)
We practice our work as stewards of all God has given us in many ways. One stewardship practice is regular giving through the church to support the work God has called us to do through our congregation and mission work beyond our community.
You may return your pledge of money and pledge of time by putting it in the offering plate any Sunday or returning it by mail or in person to the church office. We hope to receive all the pledges before the end of December. Thank you for your help with this annual process.
Sandy Corey gave a word of encouragement to folks during worship a few weeks ago:
“Well, it’s that time of year. The “S” word is upon us. No – I’m not talking about the fluffy, white, cold stuff; I’m referring to “Stewardship.”
Giving of our time, talents, and treasure, is the underlying theme of stewardship. Unfortunately, we have a tendency to focus only at this time of year, when actually we should be concerning ourselves with being a steward all 365 days of the year.
Giving of our time is a relatively easy thing to do. How many times have we seen the same people giving their time over and over again? I would like to ask all of you to reflect on this, pray about it, and ask yourself, ‘Isn’t there more that I can do with my time to help here at church, at school, in the community?’
Challenge yourself to sign up for something you have never done before. There are many opportunities right here in this church. Our Thanksgiving dinner is just around the corner, pies need to be made, turkeys need to be cooked. The church needs decorating for Advent and Christmas. A work day has been scheduled just for that. When is the last time you came to one of these work days? Have you ever come? Refreshments need to be made for the “Flash of Brass” concert. Gifts need to be bought for families not as fortunate as yours or mine. The Board of Benevolence has challenged each of us to make an Operation Christmas Child shoebox by November 17.
Soon, the nominating committee will be looking for members to fill seats on all the boards. Maybe the right person for this is you!
The next time an opportunity arises, ask yourself – Do I have the time?”