The money we give in support of this congregation pays the bills and assures we meet

other financial obligations.  And it is about so much more.

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Our financial commitments are about meaning –

what this congregation means to us and for us in our lives from day to day.

 

Our financial commitments are about compassion –

how we support one another and how we reach out to others in times of need. 

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Our financial commitments are about justice –

how we add our voices to calls and causes for a world where all are respected

and we know ourselves to be part of this interdependent web of life.   

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Our financial commitments are about our children –

how we want our children to grow and what we want them to learn.

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Our financial commitments are about the future -

how we can ensure this congregation is here for those who come after us with hopes

and dreams and needs in their time as we have in our own.

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As a colleague said, communities of faith “are precious and rare, life-changing institutions. . .  

They touch people and they are meaningful in people’s lives in ways that most of us can only guess at. . .

A church, finally, is nothing more than its people and what they bring to it: their faith, their vision,

their collective hopes and dreams, their memories and their customs, their history, their prayers,

their good works, and their values.”

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In all we bring and in all we give, including our financial support,

may we be as generous as we are able.

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This is a precious place where lives are changed..