Kickoff – Walk in Love
Terri Hurst, Stewardship Chair
10/6/2024
As we kick off this year’s Stewardship Campaign, I’d like to issue a challenge. Don’t worry – it has nothing at all to do with a pledge card or your checkbook. This year, I challenge you to “flip the script,” if you will. If you think Stewardship is about balancing the budget, you need to banish that notion forever.
I say this every year – Stewardship is about using the gifts God has given us to do the work to which God calls us. It’s about giving a portion of our Time, Talent and Treasure to partner with God to build His kingdom. And that means not just here, in this space. Like I said, it’s NOT about balancing the church budget.
Above all, it’s a spiritual journey.
I invite you to join us on a little journey over the next month – a journey of gratitude, prayer and faith. If we do it correctly, stewardship is Grounded in Gratitude. It’s Revealed in Prayer. And it’s Lived in Faith.
Ephesians 5:2 commands us to “Walk in love, as Christ loved us, and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”
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