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Because Someone Gave
Most of us can probably remember a church that helped shape our lives.
Maybe it was this church. Maybe it was somewhere else.
There was a Sunday School teacher who remembered our name. A choir that sang a hymn we still can’t hear without remembering someone we love. A youth counselor who put up with us when we were teenagers—which may qualify as an extraordinary act of Christian service.
Someone unlocked the doors.
Someone turned on the lights.
Someone taught the class.
Someone practiced the music.
And somewhere along the way, someone gave.
We probably didn’t think much about that part.
As children, we certainly didn’t wonder who paid the electric bill or bought the Sunday School material. We simply knew there was a church waiting for us.
That’s one of the beautiful things about generosity. We rarely know how far it will travel.
The people who gave to the churches of our childhood could not have known exactly what their gifts would accomplish. They simply believed the ministry was worth supporting.
We are the beneficiaries of their faithfulness.
And now it is our turn.
There are people being touched by the ministries of First United Methodist Church today because people in this congregation decided to give.
There are also children, teenagers, families and neighbors we haven’t met yet.
That’s something worth thinking about as we consider our giving for 2027.
Someone made ministry possible for us.
Whose life might God touch because we make it possible for someone else?
In Christ, |
