We are a community...
We have been entrusted with much, and it is up to us to care for it.
This past Sunday, I walked back to my pew after helping collect the offering. When I'd left, Jenny was sitting alone. When I slipped to the back of the church, I was certainly surprised to find no place left for me.
My older sons had come in from Sunday School, you suggest.
Nope. They were with their mother worshiping at her church across town.
Joining Jenny in the pew were Matthew, Madison, and Carter, three young people from two different families. Soon, young Elliot was with Madison and Carter; anyone looking would have thought I had a large family: a baby, a young son, and two daughters. Nope. We can only claim Elliot.
So, why do I raise this? I raise this because I think it speaks of our parish: we are a community. We have been entrusted with this community -- and our children -- and, to be good stewards, we must take care of our community and our children. What a blessing that my pew would be taken over by youngsters eager to share in our life: representatives of three families all sitting together as one.
As our every member stewardship canvas rolls along, please consider how you are caring for that which has been entrusted to you. Are you, metaphorically, opening your pew to others in the parish?
This past Sunday, I walked back to my pew after helping collect the offering. When I'd left, Jenny was sitting alone. When I slipped to the back of the church, I was certainly surprised to find no place left for me.
My older sons had come in from Sunday School, you suggest.
Nope. They were with their mother worshiping at her church across town.
Joining Jenny in the pew were Matthew, Madison, and Carter, three young people from two different families. Soon, young Elliot was with Madison and Carter; anyone looking would have thought I had a large family: a baby, a young son, and two daughters. Nope. We can only claim Elliot.
So, why do I raise this? I raise this because I think it speaks of our parish: we are a community. We have been entrusted with this community -- and our children -- and, to be good stewards, we must take care of our community and our children. What a blessing that my pew would be taken over by youngsters eager to share in our life: representatives of three families all sitting together as one.
As our every member stewardship canvas rolls along, please consider how you are caring for that which has been entrusted to you. Are you, metaphorically, opening your pew to others in the parish?
posted by Peter A. Stinson at 1:23 PM
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