Dear Friends,
“Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness.” (Matthew 9:35)
Recognizing that all people are made in God’s image and are loved by God, all churches must reach across cultural, social, economic and racial lines with practical acts of love within the church and the community. Our ministries should address physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs of individuals – particularly the needy, forgotten and defenseless.
One way we can help is through our church’s support of the America for Christ Offering. This year’s theme – “Touching Lives, Transforming People” – is an encouraging reminder that Jesus’ public ministry was all about hope for people in need. With his hands, Jesus touched, comforted, prayed and blessed people. With those same hands Jesus restored sight to the blind, made the lame walk and miraculously fed the 5,000. What will our gifts do? They will help us continue the healing ministry of Jesus. Specifically, our gifts to the America for Christ Offering will support:
· Children in Poverty Grants that support families
· Burmese Ministries in support of the Chin, Kachin and Karen refugees
· Rebuilding efforts in the Gulf
· Neighborhood Action Programs such as the Milwaukee Christian Center
· American Baptists Churches of Wisconsin work with pastoral search committees
· ABC/WI on-going counsel and support of congregations
· And much more
In Jesus, we have both the model and the strength to “touch and transform” people in the church and the community. It is our personal walk with the Lord that transforms and enables us through the power of Christ to live not for ourselves, but to serve God by serving our neighbors. Our hands and our financial gifts become the tools of Christ in a world of need and opportunity. Christ’s work of transformation is accomplished when we step into the lives of people around us.
Please join me in giving generously to the America for Christ Offering 2011, so that together we will touch and transform lives for the cause of Christ.
Sincerely,
Pastor Jim
“Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness.” (Matthew 9:35)
Recognizing that all people are made in God’s image and are loved by God, all churches must reach across cultural, social, economic and racial lines with practical acts of love within the church and the community. Our ministries should address physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs of individuals – particularly the needy, forgotten and defenseless.
One way we can help is through our church’s support of the America for Christ Offering. This year’s theme – “Touching Lives, Transforming People” – is an encouraging reminder that Jesus’ public ministry was all about hope for people in need. With his hands, Jesus touched, comforted, prayed and blessed people. With those same hands Jesus restored sight to the blind, made the lame walk and miraculously fed the 5,000. What will our gifts do? They will help us continue the healing ministry of Jesus. Specifically, our gifts to the America for Christ Offering will support:
· Children in Poverty Grants that support families
· Burmese Ministries in support of the Chin, Kachin and Karen refugees
· Rebuilding efforts in the Gulf
· Neighborhood Action Programs such as the Milwaukee Christian Center
· American Baptists Churches of Wisconsin work with pastoral search committees
· ABC/WI on-going counsel and support of congregations
· And much more
In Jesus, we have both the model and the strength to “touch and transform” people in the church and the community. It is our personal walk with the Lord that transforms and enables us through the power of Christ to live not for ourselves, but to serve God by serving our neighbors. Our hands and our financial gifts become the tools of Christ in a world of need and opportunity. Christ’s work of transformation is accomplished when we step into the lives of people around us.
Please join me in giving generously to the America for Christ Offering 2011, so that together we will touch and transform lives for the cause of Christ.
Sincerely,
Pastor Jim
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