An excerpt from the Stewardship letter mailed last Tuesday:
As we embrace the spirit of giving during this holiday season, I invite you to prayerfully consider
participating in our annual Christmas Offering. This special offering will be taken at our
Christmas Eve service on December 24th. The majority of our offering this year (80%) will go to
sending Westside – yes, the congregation – to camp next year. Yes! we are hoping to book a
day or two at one of our wonderful Methodist camps and retreat centers next year to grow closer
to each other and to the Lord. Your generosity will help defray the costs for everyone!
Two other ministries will receive the remaining 20%:
● We will be supporting Ty Collier, our Stewardship month guest speaker, by sending him
10% towards his work with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) in our area.
● We will be setting aside the other 10% to the Helping Hands Ministry Fund run by a team
of disciples at Westside. This fund has been very active this year, and has run dry due
to the demand of those who need a helping hand once in a while - a bag of groceries, a
tank of gas, paying down a utility bill, etc. We want to fund this ministry so that many
people can continue to experience God’s blessing in hard times.
Please listen to what God places on your heart this giving season.
We will see you on Christmas Eve - Tuesday - at 4:00 pm.
