Stewardship-Giving of Time, Talent & Treasure

Stewardship

Friends in Christ,

In my last stewardship letter I spoke about how fragile things appear in America in these times. Pandemics, political strife, social unrest … we feel very broken and the solutions to the big problems in life feel elusive. At the same time, all of the tragic events have shown that we are a resilient people. For most of us, life continues to chug along.

The good news in all of this is that we can adapt. Change is hard. Indeed, we are hardwired to resist change. Of this I am certain, we are stronger than we think we are and we are stronger when we are together.

From where does our strength come? Several places, really. Our strength comes from our faith. We know that God is good and in the midst of hardship, we believe that God is near. The cross and resurrection teach us that the troubles of this world are not the last word.

We also find strength in community. When we were able to worship together again after the pause of the pandemic, I was humbled and blessed by the many people who said that worshiping together was life­giving for them. There is the old saying, “you never know what you have until you’ve lost it.” The pause in gathering as a community made clear to many of you how important your church family is to you.

Stewardship, giving to God, is primarily about ensuring the strength of the community of the church. The pandemic and other struggles have shown us just how important church, community and family is to us. I trust that you will be intentional in your reflection as to how you may support the ministry of Sheridan.

Thank you for prayerfully reflecting on the giving of your time, talent and treasure. Know that, especially in this chapter of the church, we need people to give the gift of their time. It is my hope that each person completes this process.

Change is inevitable. Sometimes change seems like progress. Often times it does not. Yet, we walk by faith, knowing how important it is to have the church to come home to. As I often say, “we are far better together than we ever are alone.” Thanks for making Sheridan an amazing community of faith and faithfulness.

Peace,
Greg Bouvier
Senior Pastor

Thank you for your intentional commitment to generosity and to the ministry of our church family.

We give of our treasure. The size of our gifts are not the issue, but rather the sacrifice behind them that allows God to enter in.