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Then we had a fantastic Stewardship Sunday where we rejoiced in the ways that giving is the common thread that knits us together in our ministry we share at Harvard-Epworth. We are well on our way to our goal of 110 pledging units for 2020. We thank all who have pledged and look forward to others who, through their pledges, will help us surpass our goal. If you have not yet pledged, please make your pledge soon so we can include yours with all the others as we plan for 2020.  Please bring in your pledge this Sunday. Send in your pledge card or go to our website (www.harvardepworthchurch.org/giving/stewardship) and fill out a confidential form which will go to our financial secretary. Remember, when we reach our goal for pledges, a generous donor will give an additional $2,500 to our ministry, and, for each new pledge, a generous donor will give an additional gift of $100 to our ministry.

After church we had a wonderful community luncheon. Afterwards, a group from the church went to help pack meals that will be distributed to those in need. We, along with others within the Harvard community, helped pack 35,000 meals on Sunday afternoon that will provide nourishment for people locally and in Haiti. This was just another example of the giving nature of people of Harvard-Epworth who make a difference in our community and beyond. See photos in the email newsletter!

Of course, I wish I could tell you all the ways your pledge to our ministry makes a difference in people’s lives – about literally thousands who are impacted by our outreach, about people in the support groups our church hosts who thank me for its abundant hospitality, about parents who tell me about how important the church is to their son or daughter who attends university here, about people searching for community who find it here, about the people who have been marginalized who thank me for how our church opens its doors and hearts to them, and about so much more. I wish you all could see and hear for one day what your giving means in the lives of people all around us, and around the world. Thank you for your commitment to our ministry.

See you in church.