If you are in town this Sunday, May 30, I hope you join us for worship.
On Sunday, we will make good on a promise we made as part of The Master's Plan to give away 50,000 for every million that we raise. We just crossed that million dollar mark and are delighted to present a check to Pastor Tony Marciano, Executive Director of Charlotte Rescue Mission. Specifically, we will parter with CRM on their Dove's Nest Program. CRM provides a 120 day, in-house treatment program for homeless women who are addicted to drugs or alcohol. They are building a new, 90 bed center beginning the end of the year and we will be a partner with them in this ministry.
During this down economic times, the tendency is to hunker down and take care of yourself first. The survival instinct is for us to keep the 50,000, raise the four million needed to break ground and then think about giving money away. However, such self-preservation does not reflect the trust and faith of a community of believers. We need to give in order to remain true.
The same is true for our personal giving. The tendency now is preservation. However, as the church models generosity, so do we as individual church members, and trust God for the care that he generously returns to us.
See you on Sunday!
Pastor Scott
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