It is time to give an update on how we are going financially
as a church. Our offerings for the first quarter are down $8000 on budget. At
the same time we have kept our expenses down so overall we are $4800 behind as
a church. At this stage of the year that is Ok, but...
It is important that we do continue to grow our income as a
church and the primary way in which we do that is through the regular
offering/tithe (whether that be direct debit, direct credit, cash or
envelopes). Thank you for your faithfulness to God in this area.
On Sunday the 22nd April, I spoke about the call
of Jesus to sell our possessions and give to the poor if we are to experience
the life that is really life (called eternal life – beginning now and continuing
for eternity). I encouraged us to: de-clutter and give the money away; tithe AND
give regularly/systematically to the poor; and to take every opportunity to
give generously.
Through July we will be engaging in a special fundraising
campaign to enable us to meet our commitments to the mission of God beyond
Logan Uniting Church. We will give you more information in a couple of weeks to
enable you to prepare for this. One of the things we will be doing is a MONSTER
garage sale on the 28th July. A number of people have responded to
the message on de-cluttering and raised the idea of a garage sale to help us
live out this spiritual exercise. Start identifying the “good stuff” you no
longer use but which could be sold to help serve others.
Please be praying for this. The way we use Money is a very
important spiritual practice.
In the notices you will also see an advertisement for the
“Church in life” seminar being held on the 14th July. I know Mark
Setch personally and have heard a bit of what God is doing through Brian Medway
and the church he is leading. This seminar will be very helpful as we continue
to grow in being a disciple-making movement that is used by God to transform
people’s lives in Christ. It would be great for a large number of us from Logan
to attend and to learn from the experiences of others and also to share our own
insights.
Yours in Christ
Graham Keech
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