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I find it hard to believe that 3 years have passed since I accepted the role of Stewardship Chair. While my term is up at the end of December, I am honored to report that I'm back......I was asked to stay on or re-join Session for another three year term and agreed to do so. Please know that the journey I have termed "Stewardship Road" is still a learning process, but hopefully we can continue to learn together to live and give the way God asks us to. As we celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, let us joyously bring in the new year together. Let us live and love and care for each other and for our church. Let us pray more and grow stronger in our faith and closer to the Lord. We know there will be many changes at St. Paul in the coming months. While change can be hard, I believe we are called by God to try to accept and embrace changing times as OPPORTUNITIES! Please God, provide us the strength to grow in your name and become better travelers on the path you call us to take. In the next Epistle, I hope to report on our budget progress and how we sit from a financial perspective. If you have not yet completed your pledge card, please get with Jean Gilbert and get them turned in if at all possible. Thank you for the opportunity to serve St. Paul. If you ever have questions regarding our budget, please call or email me at anytime. (278-1679 or djnihart@aol.com) As we enter 2012, and as we undergo change, please keep in mind how much God loves us. We are truly blessed. Here are a couple of definitions of what love is, through the eyes of children: |
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A STEWARD'S PRAYER - by M. Applegarth
Father of all mankind, throughout this day help me to remember that a very real portion of your Kingdom has been placed in my keeping. Therefore teach me to love you:
* With all my heart...that I may love those whom you love, giving back to the most unlovable and difficult, your own everlasting mercy and compassion;
* With all my soul...that I may seek fresh ways in which your divine power may surge through my commonplace routine from morning till night;
* With all my strength...that my hands may work the works of God who sent me, that my energy may be poured out for the needs of your family, until all I own or earn or gain may be spent in a stewardship of loving kindness; and,
* With all my mind...that I may think your thoughts from moment to moment, making beautiful and significant each expenditure, always placing you first, that your Kingdom may come through my sharing, my caring, my daring...for your name's sake. Amen.
