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The service video will be playing live on Sunday or the recording will be available after to view / listen in if you missed it.
This Sunday we will continue our new sermon series on the topic of generosity.
There is a popular catch phrase within church circles that goes like this: “You were blessed to be a blessing.” The idea is that as God has poured money and gifts into your life, you should likewise pour out a portion of these to meet needs in the world. Yet how often is the pipeline to our faucet flowing freely, but the output from the spout a mere trickle? Where does the blockage occur? Sometimes it’s because we don’t even recognize what we’ve been given. It helps to stop and notice the abundance in our lives. We are loved by the creator of the universe and he shares his power with us, part of which is our financial gifts. Are we keeping that power entirely to satisfy our own needs and desires, or do we show our confidence and trust in God’s continual flow into our lives such that as it comes into our lives, a continual flow is also going out to be used and multiplied by God?
I hope you’ll join us as we consider this topic more deeply!
This Sunday we will continue our new sermon series on the topic of generosity. In particular we will be considering the role contentment plays in our ability to be generous and you’ll be asked to evaluate your own contentedness on a “Satisfaction Spectrum.” Contentment is an internal disposition, but the world tells us that contentment lies in external “things.” It is normal and natural to seek contentment and we are all tempted by the world around us to find that contentment in stuff, or an idealized kind of life, or achievement. Yet Paul tells us that true contentment lies elsewhere. In preparation for Sunday, ask yourself: how content am I? How does contentment differ from happiness and joy? Do I wish I was more content?
We get lots of messages in our culture today about what is important, what the “good life” is, and everything we need to do — and have– to achieve it. Still, so many of us remain unsatisfied, chasing after the next thing in search of fulfilment. But there is good news for us! God desires for us to have lives of contentment, freedom from worry and joy in abundance, and Jesus shows us the way there. As we learn how to find our contentment in God, and recognize his many blessings to us, we will also discover the beauty in giving. Our lives will be evidence that the good life is the generous life — a life through which the grace of God flows into the world.
As preparation for Sunday’s service, please watch this brief (7-minute) video about how some church members keep God’s generosity at the forefront of their daily living:
September 23rd at 3:00 p.m. Peterborough Ride for Refuge 2023, a fundraising walk/ride will be held in Beavermead Park with all funds raised going to The Newcomers Mission (TMN).
Ride for Refuge is part of a national movement organized by the Blue Sea Foundation exists to help organizations who assist people displaced by war, natural disaster, religious violence and other forms of persecution. TNM was founded in 2017 by Rani Ibrahim and St. Paul’s Presbyterian church to provide assistance to refugees arriving in Peterborough. TNM provides helps with navigating government paperwork, finding housing, English lessons, employment, social programs and just generally providing friendship and a warm welcome to our city.
You can join an existing team, choose to captain your own, or sponsor someone already registered to walk or ride. The event includes options for a 2.5 km or 5 km walk or a 10 or 20 km bicycle ride. You can be a part of helping us meet TNM’s $25,000 fundraising goal!
OFFERING
You can send weekly or monthly offering by mail, by dropping off at the church’s new letter slot in the green door, by Pre Authorized Remittance (PAR), and through www.CanadaHelps.org by searching for St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church Peterborough. Electronic bank transfer (e-transfers) can be sent to finance@stpaulspeterborough.ca
