The report for our Fall SPRUCE UP: A total of 57 hours @ $25.00 for a savings of $1,425.00 for our church. Zone 4 continues to led the way with the most members coming out. Thanks again to all who came out to help us keep our church clean.
We had an Elders' Meet and Greet right after service today for all new members that have completed orientation between June and October. Most of them said that they joined because the truth of God's Word is being taught and the love they felt.
All of our members are asked to give at least 5% above your normal giving. This will help us recover our current financial deficit so we can end the year as strongly as possible. We're also going to utilize the change receptacles around the church towards meeting our budget. So drop off your change as often as you can. This is another great way for our children to be involved as well.
2 Corinthians 8:7-9 (NIV): "But just as you excel in everything--in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us--see that you also excel in this grace of giving. I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich."
Our motivation and reason for giving generously is the Gospel, what God has done for us through Jesus Christ. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ was demonstrated when He was rich (in heaven with the Father) but became poor (left heaven and humbled Himself to became a human) for our sake. By Christ's poverty, we become rich. This is not material riches but spiritual riches. Those who trust in Christ have a rich, eternal inheritance. Because we possess that, we are free to give generously and sacrificially.
We had an Elders' Meet and Greet right after service today for all new members that have completed orientation between June and October. Most of them said that they joined because the truth of God's Word is being taught and the love they felt.
All of our members are asked to give at least 5% above your normal giving. This will help us recover our current financial deficit so we can end the year as strongly as possible. We're also going to utilize the change receptacles around the church towards meeting our budget. So drop off your change as often as you can. This is another great way for our children to be involved as well.
2 Corinthians 8:7-9 (NIV): "But just as you excel in everything--in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us--see that you also excel in this grace of giving. I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich."
Our motivation and reason for giving generously is the Gospel, what God has done for us through Jesus Christ. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ was demonstrated when He was rich (in heaven with the Father) but became poor (left heaven and humbled Himself to became a human) for our sake. By Christ's poverty, we become rich. This is not material riches but spiritual riches. Those who trust in Christ have a rich, eternal inheritance. Because we possess that, we are free to give generously and sacrificially.
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