GO AND TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN, AND IN THE
STREET, AND IN YOUR CHURCH
This is our
third week talking about stewardship practices. We started with writing thank
you notes to donors and asking people they like about your church and listening
to the answers. This week, we’re going to talk about talking.
So, from
writing, to listening, to talking. But not just talking for the sense of
talking, but telling stories of transformation, of lives impacted, Tell those
stories over and over and over again.
When I was
young, I used to like to listen to stories read to me from books, and to hear
stories about my parents and grandparents, where they’d share what it was like
to be a kid “back in the day”. Did you
like to listen to stories too?
Everyone
does. Every one of us has stories to share, and every one of our churches has
stories to share of how lives have been changed by the ministries of your
church!
We have to
tell those stories. Why? Not just for the sake of talking, but because we are
able to tell those stories. Those stories happened; those lives were impacted;
ministry flourished...because of the generosity of past generations and of us!
Every time
we ell a story, we should also say thank you. The story happened because of
you. Giving to my church = lives changed and transformed.
That is something to be proud of.
Don’t wait
until “pledge time,” and don’t just tell the stories once in a while. Do it at
least monthly. And don’t keep repeating the same story. Tell new stories. Lives
should be being impacted and transformed and changed EVERY DAY because of what
God is doing through you and in you and despite you, in your church!
You can share
stories in your newsletters, in emails, form the pulpit, during announcements,
on bulletin boards, on Facebook---so many ways. Just like you shouldn’t focus
on just one story, don’t focus on only one way of communicating. Different
people learn differently. Different people hear differently.
So GO AND
TELL YOUR STORIES!
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