Dear Friend,

 

When we gather and give our offering, we often pray this together: “We offer with joy and thanksgiving what you have first given us – ourselves, our time, and our possessions, signs of your gracious love. Receive them for the sake of him who gave himself for us, Jesus Christ our Lord.” This prayer quietly says all that needs to be said about our offerings: we give God what God has given us, and what God gives us is love, most of all in the gift of life in Jesus Christ. Our giving back to God is thanksgiving and faith, thanksgiving of receiving the good gifts of God, and faith that God will put what we give to good use. As you fill out this pledge card, think of how you’d like to give thanks to God out of your own wealth, and how you’d like to spend your time and share your gifts with God’s people.