Congratulations to Barb Thompson on her newly published book, "Prayers, Presence, Gifts, & Service - A Forty Day Journey."Barb is a member of Faith Community United Methodist and has written this book specifically for our forty day church wide stewardship campaign which begins on Monday, September 15 and will conclude on Sunday, October 26.
Our church will be distributing one book per family on the following Sundays - August 31, September 7, & September 14. We are invited to begin reading this book on Monday, September 15, and read one chapter a day. Each person will receive a "Prayers, Presence, Gifts, & Service - A Forty Day Journey" workbook containing reflection questions for each day's readings.
Each Sunday during our forty day journey will focus on the the topic of the previous week's readings. We are also encouraging each Sunday School Class, small group, and bible study group to use these materials beginning the week of September 15. Sunday School classes would begin on Sunday, September 21.
Pastor Rick and I will preach on the theme of each week's readings during our journey together. Here's the Sunday schedule:
- Sunday, September 21 - Introduction to the Journey
- Sunday, September 28 - Prayers
- Sunday, October 5 - Presence
- Sunday, October 12 - Gifts
- Sunday, October 19 - Service
- Sunday, October 26 - Commitment/Celebration Sunday
Barb has been so gracious to write this forty day journey book for the primary purpose of helping our church to reflect on the meaning of our membership vows in how we might best offer our prayers, presence, gifts, and service to the glory of God as we prepare for a new year of ministry in 2009.
On Sunday, September 21, Barb will be present at our church to sign books and she will offer a testimony at all three worship services on what it has meant for her to write this book for our congregation.
Mark your calendars - Our 40 day journey begins with the daily readings on Monday, September 15.
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