Gardeners for God: Growing Together!
He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will…increase the harvest of your righteousness. (2 Corinthians 9:10)
During this year’s stewardship emphasis, we will consider the seeds – our abilities, our financial resources, our time, our faith - and the bread – God’s grace, God’s word, Holy Communion, Jesus himself - that are supplied by God and how we gardeners for God can tend and use the seed and the bread so that together we can grow into righteousness - being right with God.
Seed kits were distributed in worship on September 29 and for the next 2 weeks we tended to those seeds. Below is an excerpt from Pastor Jean's sermon on October 13. (You can find her full sermon by clicking here.)
...Each of those white pots and seeds represent what happens when we do the growing together. Our experiences vary; there are enthusiastic, intentional, forgetful and discouraged growers among us. And the results of the seed tending is different, perhaps it’s not visible, or maybe the plant is tall and flourishing, or bent, yet growing, or slow, yet persistent.
That is also true when we plant the seeds of our abilities, our financial resources, our time and our faith – all gifts from God. They grow in a variety of ways, depending on who we are and what type of seed we are tending and sharing. That results in the flourishing of the Gospel and of God’s love and grace, in our case, here at Faith Lutheran Church, in our community and within each one of us. Remember we are growers of faith, and we are growing in faith. God is present in every planting effort so that the harvest of grace is bountiful....
