Hi Friends!
“Consider the ravens,” Jesus says.
I have been thinking about those words lately. In Luke 12, Jesus points toward the birds and invites his followers to pay attention. Ravens do not plant fields or build barns. They do not spend their lives accumulating more and more. And yet, Jesus says, God feeds them.
Maybe there is something the ravens can teach us about stewardship.
When we hear the word stewardship in church, we often think immediately about money, budgets, pledges, and giving. Those things are important, and we will be talking honestly about them in the weeks ahead. But stewardship is much bigger than funding the church budget.
Stewardship is a way of life.
It begins with recognizing that our lives are filled with gifts: our time, our abilities, our relationships, our resources, this congregation, this community, and the world around us. The question of stewardship is not simply, “How much should I give?” It is, “How will I live with what has been entrusted to me?”
Jesus contrasts the ravens with a man who has so much that he decides to build bigger barns to hold it all. One way of life is centered on accumulating and protecting. The other trusts that life is more than what we can store away.
Over the coming weeks, I hope we can have a larger conversation about generosity at Community Presbyterian Church. Yes, that conversation will include money. It should. But it will also include our time, our gifts, our ministry, our care for one another, and the kind of community God is calling us to become.
Perhaps stewardship begins not with an offering plate, but with learning to pay attention.
So, for now, consider the ravens.
Blessings!
Pastor Kirk.
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📅 DATES TO REMEMBER
Tuesdays at 9 a.m., Morning Meditation will be held on in the sanctuary.
Wednesdays at 7 p.m. – AA meeting downstairs in Gillespie
October 1 and 15, 4 pm , Book Club in Gillespie
Sunday, October 4, 10:30 a.m., World Communion Day. Noisy Bucket.
Sunday, October 11 – Stewardship Kickoff Spaghetti Meal
Tuesday, October 13, 10 a.m. – Hank’s Hour at BuzzBru
Wednesday, October 21, 6 p.m. – Session meeting
Tuesday, October 27, 12 noon – Lunch Bunch