Generosity...

By Gwyn Beer
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We have talked about generosity before. Your financial contributions help move everything forward. The cost of living isn’t getting any lower, and your contributions—whether to your local congregation, a favorite campground, helping send others to camp, or the World Church Mission Initiatives—are part of your generous support.

Another way to be generous is with your time! Could you take a week out of your busy schedule to serve as a counselor, camp nurse, or lifeguard? So many of you have already given time to camps and reunions in so many different ways.

We are looking for your valuable support with camps, retreats, and reunions, and I am also looking for someone to join me at SPEC. It is a commitment of time—one that will come back to you in joy.

Your generous use of talents has benefited others through music, food, fellowship, and just plain fun!

I have come to value acts of generosity that may seem simple or easy to do. How great is it to receive a Thinking of You card in the mail? What a joy to answer a phone call from a church member miles away who just wanted to chat! Take a moment to send that email you’ve been meaning to write.

I am trying these new forms of generosity! Some of you have been practicing this type of generosity for years, and I thank you for that.

Let me know the many ways you and others have shared generosity—I know I will be inspired by what I hear!