1. The Leadership Goal: $600,000
This is our time of advance commitments when our leaders' total gifts, over and above their current giving, lay the groundwork for church-wide commitments to campaign goals.
2. The Challenge Goal: $800,000
Our theme "Not equal gifts but equal sacrifice" motivates us to examine our personal giving in the light of God's goodness toward us. Though we cannot all give the same amount in dollars, we can give significantly and apply ourselves to understand what it means to truly give.
3. The Celebration Goal: $1,000,000
Our theme "Not equal gifts but equal sacrifice" motivates us to examine our personal giving in the light of God's goodness toward us. Though we cannot all give the same amount in dollars, we can give significantly and apply ourselves to understand what it means to truly give.
| What is "Our Journey of Faith?" "Our Journey of Faith" is a capital stewardship program to secure the money our church needs to move wisely toward its mission and goals. What is each of us asked to do? To sutdy with us what the Bible teaches about stewardship and giving and for each person to prayerfully consider how he or she may make a finanacial commitment over and above regular giving for the next three years. What is RSI? RSI is the stewardship consulting firm we have hired to lead us in our "Our Journey of Faith." While we know our church and its ministry opportunities very well, RSI knows the structure and procedures of an effective campaign. For the coming three years, they will be our stewardship partner. How can I help? When the opportunity arises, volunteer to serve. (To sign up, you are welcome to call any member of the Leadership Team; names and numbers are listed on page 3.) Please pray for our church and for the campaign. |
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Love Owing My FatherA young woman with financial struggles and an old car of dubious life span was surprised when her father presented her with a brand new car and the words "Pay us back as you can". Deeply touched, she found herself redoubling her efforts at work and began immediately to repay her dad. At every pay period, the first check she wrote was to her father, and every payment, she said, felt good. When a friend urged her not to be in such a hurry to hand off money to her own father, the young woman said, "My father doesn’t need anything, and I’ve never known what to buy him. Now I have a way to show him what he means to me. I love owing my father."
Apply this story to the spirit of our church’s capital campaign, and it does the job: The young woman’s gratitude shows that "sacrifice" is a state of mind--and that giving back can affect deep joy. That is the joy all of us can rediscover in giving, and it is the true motivation for sacrifice.
Throughout Our Journey of Faith, we will talk about sacrifice and proportional giving. We will take advantage of this time to look closely at stewardship overall:
- Each congregation member will be asked to complete
a spiritual gifts and skills/talent survey
- Our annual stewardship drive is being paired with
the capital campaign in order that we may experience a new level of
commitment to giving at Town and Country Lutheran Church.
- We will explore the meaning and methods of personal
sacrifice--which is what it will take to achieve the goals set for our
church.