Stewardship Sermon Series Oct 17, 24 and 31

      Paul wrote to the church in Corinth, saying: “You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us.” - 2 Corinthians 9:11
      You may have noticed the last several months there has been a stewardship witness on the last Sunday of the month. This has been an attempt to begin an all-year concept of stewardship rather than just once per year. For the most part, the Finance Committee has sought out folks to witness about the diverse ways we are generous stewards of God’s gifts – how we use our time, how we apply our gifts, how we serve behind the scenes, etc. with an attitude of generosity. In August, for instance, we heard from Barbara Fletcher, how she has used her gifts and experience with children as an elementary school teacher to commit to attending every Sunday during the summer to lead Sunday School, joyfully!
     Although the topic of stewardship is certainly greater than money, we cannot be faithful stewards without considering our relationship with money. In other words, if we are good stewards of our time but not our money, we are not being generous stewards of all of God’s gifts! We will be focusing on the topic of generosity in October, and Finance has some wonderful surprises in store for us.
     One of these surprises that we'll share ahead of time is that we are receiving a stewardship devotional from Upper Room! This will be a 21 day devotion to use during the stewardship series. In addition, we will be encouraging everyone to find one generous act to do EVERY DAY between Oct 17-31! If you have ideas you would like to share, please contact anyone on the Finance Committee:  Kathy Brann, Sue Angell, Chris Bowker, Keith Snoddy or Pastor Gwyneth.
     Please plan on joining us in the last three weeks of October as we learn to practice Generous Giving through God’s Grace. Consecration Sunday on All Saints Sunday, October 31 will be a wonderful opportunity to offer our promised giving for the new year as a resolution to be more generous people, not by our own goodness but completely through God’s grace.