An Offering For a Growing Congregation
I like to think of the Offering as a great moment for story-telling and sharing of pastoral observations on the spirit of the church. I just don’t like to see it as a “throwaway” moment in the liturgy, where someone says something incredibly brief about giving, using the most euphemistic language possible and then scrambles out of the pulpit like they just committed some kind of unspeakable indiscretion.
I often say that the reason we take up an offering during the church service is because we recognize the spiritual value of generosity and the importance of lifting that up in a worshipful manner.
I wrote this to use in my own church on Sunday and share it as an offering for other pastors in similar situations:
Last week I looked out over the congregation at this time and counted ___ adults after the children and the teachers left for Sunday […]
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