WITNESSING
TO GENEROSITY
When we give inside church, during
worship, it is a matter of public worship, and we are witnessing to our
generosity. When we can’t pass the offering plates, that public witness is much
more subtle.
How else can we witness to our generosity?
·
Testimonies
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Telling
stories of generosity
·
Telling
what generosity accomplishes in service of God’s mission
Don’t fixate on the face that offering
plates aren’t being used like they used to be. I don’t know how to break it to
you, but they may never be used the same way again!
And that’s okay. We just need to provide
opportunities to give in as many different ways as possible. There need to be a
variety of ways to give. Have you noticed fewer and fewer people actually have
a checkbook or cash on them now-a-days. That means passing the plate wouldn’t
work, even if we could.
There has been appositive result of
the pandemic, and that is churches that hadn’t been providing online opportunities
to give had to start online giving when their church buildings were closed.
Let’s
embrace new and varied ways of giving, but, most importantly, keep offering
central to worship and invite everyone to give.
REMINDER: The Stewardship Academy
is being held April 23rd, May 21st, June 18th
and July 16th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you are interested in a
registration form or information on the academy itself, please let me know (susanranous@unyumc.org)
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