Dear Friends,

Our stewardship campaign invites us to reflect on the many ways that we are connected to each other. This year’s theme focuses on the stories we tell and how we are called to share them. In a time of rapid change in the world and inside our own walls, our connection to God, to our community, and to each other remains constant.

Our stories bring us together. Each of us has a story to tell: why and how we found this congregation and our hopes for its future. We each carry dreams, ambitions, and ideas alongside struggles and moments of difficulty. The Good News invites us to bring our whole selves to God and to each other in this congregation. Here, we find support, encouragement, and affirmation.

Throughout this year’s campaign, we will hear stories from across our community. Each of them will reflect on receiving inspiration from God and transforming that inspiration into tangible expressions of faith. This same process happens in us as we seek ways to share our gifts from the inspiration and blessings we have been given. 

With this letter, you’ll find materials to guide your prayerful discernment about how you will share the Good News of your transformative abundance with our congregation and our neighbors. Every hour you volunteer, every idea you share, every dollar you give is transformed through prayer and God’s grace into ministry and mission. We could not be the embodiment of God’s love in our community without your many and varied gifts.
 

Please return your pledge so that we may bless it at our in-gathering on November 9th.

Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord!

In faith and gratitude,

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Kitty MacDowell, Erin Glanton, Julie Gedro,

Doug Kelley & Mara Hazzard-Wallinford

The Stewardship Committee