Dear Fellow Parishioners:
In the May issue of Runners World magazine, Kristin Armstrong discusses gratitude as an attitude toward every part of life. In her article “Feeling Lucky” she talks about approaching a large hill that she has to run in order to get home and finish her to-do list. She says she knew she had to get up this hill but that the weight of her responsibilities was pressing down on her. She states that about half way up she started thinking about people she knew that would love to have the opportunity to run this hill. People with illness or other struggles might say they would “get” to run the hill opposed to “having to”.
She suggests approaching everything in life in this manner. With all of our “to-dos” what would happen if we lived out “getting” to do them apposed to having to do them? We would then “get” to buy groceries for our families, “get” to go to a job, “get” to clean our homes and “get” to do laundry. We would be living out gratitude in everything we do.
As we begin the pledge drive portion of our Grace, Gratitude and Giving we are reminded that everything we have comes from God and we, as his people, are grateful for it all. We are also called to share our gifts of time, talent and treasure so that all of God’s people are aware of the abundance of God’s love.
Please take some time in prayer with your pledge card. Think about all of the “gets” in your life and consider making a pledge to support all of the ministries at Transfiguration as a sign of your immense gratitude. Bring it to church with you on September 25th or 26th and join your fellow congregants in offering it to God. If at this time, you cannot make a pledge please indicate so on the card and join us in the offering.
With Gratitude,
Anne Schmidt
Stewardship Chair
2009 Stewardship Statistics