finances

The leadership team has worked hard to face the financial challenge in front of us. And so has the Holy Spirit.

In order to retain our family ministries intern while remaining financially responsible, we let you know exactly what the financial need was and asked you to participate in meeting that need. People did step forward and contributed so that after a week the internship was over half funded. And then in the last couple of days, 2 anonymous donors, unknown to each other, offered matching grants that more than covered the remainder.

The numbers are significant, but what impresses me is the fact that there are people who want to encourage other people to give. They don't have the opportunity that I do to address the church community on Sundays, so they've let their generosity be their sermon. Part of their statement is that we're in this together, that this is a community effort. In an individualistic society in which money is a taboo topic, it's great to see finances used to encourage us to do something together.