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Volume 47                                                                                                                               

 

Our journey together begins on December 14, 2008

 

¹Stewardship Question:

 

“Just what is a Christian steward?”

 

             A Christian steward is a child of God who desires to serve God faithfully in all areas of life.  St. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 4:2, “Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful”  (NIV)

 

             A steward is a child of God who realizes his/her role in life as a partner, a trustee, a manager, a caretaker or temporary custodian of gifts that belong to God.  The Christian steward receives God’s precious gifts gratefully, manages God’s precious gifts carefully and responsibly, shares God’s precious gifts with others generously, and returns God’s precious gifts joyfully with increase.

             Carl W. Berner, in his book Spiritual Power for Your Congregation, wrote, “The person whose love for Christ is kindled from the high altar of Calvary and whose spirit has been set on fire by the Holy Ghost will say:  ‘He loved me and gave Himself for me, and now I will love Him and give to Him every fiber of my being . . . Because every act of life involves the use of talents given of God and redeemed by Christ, stewardship is really as wide as life itself.  We have been freed from the darkness of death and the strong chains of hell by the Savior Jesus Christ.  Now God says to us:  ‘You are not your own,’ and this is the heartbeat of  Christian stewardship.  Christ has bought me for Himself, and I shall place myself gladly under His management.  He came my way; now I will go His way.”

             The faithful Christian steward will want to worship and serve God with all the talents, abilities, and gifts God entrusts to him/her.

 

                          From the Ministry Board of Stewardship

 

 

 

¹ Taken from “Ablaze”, Fan into Flame.  The Global Gospel Outreach of The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.

 

 

 

 

 

Good Shepherd Voters Meeting

November 9, 2008

 

The meeting of the voters was called to order at 11:15p.m.  Pastor Phil opened with prayer. Billie Klock read the minutes from the last meeting. Jim Gormley gave the treasures report.  Pastor Phil gave the reports of the boards. A motion was made to table the SMP until a future date. Judy McDermott spoke on the luminaries for LWML with the proceeds to go to Chad Speller.  Also on the luncheon for LWML and invited all to attend. She spoke on rides for the advent services.  The meeting was adjourned with prayer at 11:45.

 

 

 

Good Shepherd Council Meeting

November 17, 2008

 

The meeting was called to order at 7:00p.m.  George Walker led us in devotions and prayer. We said the pledge of allegiance to the flag.  There were 10 members and 2 guests present. Jeff Barry and Kim Hoffman spoke to the council and thanked the church for the help with the bathroom renovation.  We had a tour of the new bathrooms and they look great.  Jim gave an overview of the budget.  A new sub committee is to be formed within the Evangelism Board to help Rob LeSueur.  The yellow page ad was approved by the council.  Thrivent committee is to be placed under stewardship.  The Boy Scouts are going to be selling Christmas trees again this year. The meeting was adjourned at 8:00p.m.

 

                          Respectively submitted,

                          Billie Klock

                          Council Secretary