Dear people of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
Generosity is a journey, it’s a practice that we learn and nurture within our hearts. It just isn’t in our nature to give away what we have worked hard to acquire or to donate our precious time without compensation. It takes something as radical as Love to inspire us to share our time, talent, and treasure with others. This is a journey we make together, a Walk in Love.
As we have journeyed with the Gospel of St. Mark this year we have seen the ways that Jesus turned things upside down. He challenged laws and customs that had been in place for centuries, questioned power and dominion, and sought a way forward in a culture hemmed in from all sides by oppression. Jesus did this, not with clever politics or force, but the simplest and most powerful concept for change: Love.
Jesus causes a revolution of thought and heart by daring to reach out to the outcast and teach others to do the same. He walks in love with the marginalized, with the poor, with the sick, and brings us along with him on his journey.
This year we have continued journeying with Jesus, learning to share, to give, to volunteer, to accompany others, to feed, to pray, to visit, to strive for change and love each other. We have walked in love as Christ first loved us. Now I invite you to make the commitment to keep walking together at St. Paul’s in the coming year, by making your pledge to financially support the ministries and community of this parish.
On November 24th, we will gather in worship and keep the feast of Christ the King. In those services, we will celebrate and bless our pledges as a sign of our response to God’s call to walk in love, as a sign of our participation in Christ’s kingdom.
If you’d prefer to pledge online, you can find the online card with the form below. Thank you for generously and prayerfully supporting our church community.
Claire+