Ruth 3: 1 – 5; 4: 13 – 17
Psalm 127
Mark 12: 38 – 44
“Amazing Grace”
This coming Sunday is Consecration Sunday, our annual stewardship program. My theme is going to be “Stewardship of Amazing Grace”. The Joyful Spirit Dancers, a group of liturgical dancers will be performing during worship. One of the numbers they will dance to is “Amazing Grace”.
Our life as Christians comes out of God’s grace. It is because of God’s grace that we are called children of God and are promised the possibility of abundant life through Jesus Christ. It is because of God’s grace that we are blessed with all we have. Thus, it is in response to God’s grace that we respond with our stewardship. All of us are stewards of what God has given us. In Consecration Sunday we do not ask “How much do we have to give?”; or “How much does the church need?” Instead we ask how much do we believe God wants us to give? We ask this question in response to God’s grace. Knowing how much God has given to us how much do we believe God is calling us to give to God through the church?
In looking at our lectionary readings this Sunday we will be looking at our attitude in giving. Along with the beautiful passage of Ruth and the story of the widow giving her offering (all she had) I will be focusing on the phrase from Psalm 127 “Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.”
How do you believe this phrase speaks to our life as stewards of God?
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