STEWARDSHIP 2014-15
The Widow's Mite….from Deidre Harris, Stewardship Chairperson March 2014
Not too late to join the pledge campaign for our 2014 fiscal year. This year's theme is The Giving Tree. Please click here for a pledge card and bring to church on Sunday! 41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. 43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.” Mark 12:41-44 New International Version (NIV) Although sometimes used as a means for making people feel guilty about the amount (or lack thereof) that is given to the church, this scripture is such as excellent example of discipleship versus membership. As mentioned in the January article, stewardship is more than just giving to the church. For financial stewardship, it is in the way the money is given. As mentioned in the scripture above, “they gave of their wealth”. Although speaking of the rich, it is not only the rich who give of their wealth in such a way as if paying a membership; as if heaven can be bought or giving to the church body is a requirement. True discipleship does not require that you give all you have. Just that you give in faith. Faith that what you give, does make a difference. Or, faith that what you give, will come back tenfold. Or faith that what you give, comes as an expression of your love. So I ask of you, that as you give throughout the year, work on giving as a disciple. Whatever you give, both small and large, give in faith and in love. Deidre Harris Stewardship Committee |
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