October 14, 2018 Peg Weissbrod
To those who are visiting today or who have only been worshiping with us for the past few months – each year at this time we have a Stewardship Campaign – we raise money in order to pay salaries, take care of the building, support our social justice work in the community, and pay for programs like youth groups and such. You will be hearing about this in our Minute for Missions. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: caring, faith practices, giving, Job, love, stewardshipMarch 19, 2017 Peg Weissbrod
Two weeks ago, Ron Schmidt gave a Minute for Mission about caring and told a story about softball team members who carried a player from the opposing team who had just hit the game winning home run, but had injured her leg and couldn’t touch all the bases. Apparently if they had just left her in the dust their team would have won. But placing care and compassion above victory they showed themselves to be leaders; they showed themselves to be individuals that I want to trust. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: call, caring, commitment, faith-based organizing, Frederick Buechner, hunger, John 4: 7-42, John 4:7, leadership, motivation, nominating committee, ordination, risk, vocation, woman at the well
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