Annual Giving Stewardship Campaign - Fall 2009

We Love to Tell the Story... of Jesus and His Love

Pledge Sunday is November 1

There's a wonderful old Methodist hymn entitled "I Love to Tell the Story."  That title has been adapted to describe Good Shepherd Stewardship this fall.

We Love to Tell the Story sums up how Good Shepherd parishioners feel about being part of this special place. A variety of people-young and old-agreed to be videotaped while answering the question, "Why are you blessed to be part of Good Shepherd?"  The results were quite remarkable and, at times, poignant.

We'll be featuring one of these videos each week of our season of annual giving. Here is this week's:

You can view all the previously featured videos, plus several additional ones, in our galleries. You will be captivated by them.

Just about everyone at Good Shepherd has a story about why they're here-why they came and why they've stayed. The recurrent theme is one of being part of an extended family. Most people probably don't come to a church looking for another family; at Good Shepherd it just happens.

Why does that make us blessed?

We're blessed because we come together to worship Jesus Christ each week with a wide diversity of people.

We're blessed because we share fellowship and Christian formation while we grow together in our faith and understanding.

We're blessed because we want to spread the Word of God and share it with newcomers as we welcome them into our spiritual home.

We do all of this as Stewards of God's bounty. So at this time of year, when your Good Shepherd family asks for your financial commitment to fund the missions and ministries of this church in the coming year, please prayerfully consider how important this place and this family is to your family.

Your pledge, no matter the amount, helps the church leadership make plans for the year to come. After all, we want  others to come to Good Shepherd with their own stories. What is yours?