How has God shown up in your life in the midst of serving others?
How have you seen God working in the lives of the people you were serving?
We all have a story to tell. In fact, we all have multiple stories to tell: stories of love and loss, happiness and grief, grace and judgement, vacations and work, acceptance and denial.
This month, the stewardship team wants to challenge you to think about your story of service, specifically, how you live out the mission of our church, as you “live, share, and celebrate with all people, the love of Jesus Christ,” and how Jesus’ command to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39) is put in motion for you.
What’s your story? We would love to hear about it! Here’s a few ways to do it:
- Grab a marker at the What’s Your Story? bulletin board in the gathering space and share a highlight from your story. You can attach a name or make it anonymous.
- You can write your story on the sheet provided in this Sunday’s bulletin and put it in the offering plate. We will post it for you.
- You can post your story on social media with our hashtag #LOLGodStory.
This is an opportunity for people of all ages to celebrate the ways that God is active in the world and how we get a good glimpse of that work when we are living and sharing the love of Christ with others.
The stewardship ministry team wants to start the story-sharing off by recognizing and celebrating the hundreds of volunteers who help to share the love of Christ with others by participating in the various ministries at Lord of Life, both inside our building and beyond. Through your gifts of time and love, volunteers have made innumerable impacts in the lives of the people with whom they interacted.
As a way of saying “Thanks!” to everyone who volunteered in a Lord of Life ministry this past year, we are hosting a “Celebration of Service” reception on Sunday, June 16, 9 am. Join us for some treats, as we give thanks to all who served this past year. You might be asking, “Did I serve?”
Did you serve in worship?
Did you mow? Did you teach?
Did you help set-up or tear down?
Did you do something behind the scenes?
Did you welcome and love a child or an adult?
Did you extend hospitality to a stranger?
Did you … (fill in whatever you did in Christ’s name)?
Mark your calendars now and come join us as we give thanks for our ALL who make ministry happen!