STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE (a committee of the Board of Trustees.)
Our mission is to create a culture of stewardship, one in which stewardship is recognized as an essential part of EOCC's mission and vision, and a way of thinking and acting throughout the year.
If you would like to help build such a culture by joining the committee and/or volunteering with an event, speak with any member of the committee ---Danielle Fogg, Doug Fogg, Angela Hobson, Trease Hodge, Tanya Kingsbury, Kara Schreiber--- or contact the main office at (207) 825-3404.
EVERY GIFT. EVERY PERSON. ONE PURPOSE.
Here's What's Next:
Our focus this period is COMMUNICATION, an important aspect of every organization. Funds will go towards systems and methods that will help improve communication. The more information we can share and the more effectively we can share it, the greater the chance that we will connect with someone who doesn't know all that we do and offer, and who isn't aware of our mission and our commitment to our communities.
Sept. 13 to Oct. 25 Raffle Calendar sales A raffle calendar is a single month that lists a prize for every
day! What fun! You could win cash, gift cards, or a service coupon valued from $30 - $100. Nov. 1 - 30 A raffle calendar drawing every day! Winners will be contacted by phone on the day of the drawing.
TESTIMONIALS
From Kara Schreiber
If we use the word knew to mean by lessons and accepting what I was told and believing as knowing with absolute certainty within my soul, heart, and essence – then I knew God was real for as long as I remember, but I didn’t fully believe until I was 11 years old. My parents took us to a concert, and I felt the Holy Spirit, I felt what words can’t describe. Was it the music? The power of hundreds of believers? The readiness of myself? I don’t know. At concert’s end, there was an altar call and while my brain was deciding if I should (parents approve? Late leaving? Or?), my feet knew I was being called and I was there before I decided. The changes within me, my perceptions, my awareness could more easily understand right and wrong. Ever since, I’ve had an openness of mind and spirit, a joy and sense of being loved that can’t be dented.
I can’t see the wind, but I can see it effects, its power, things it carries with it. I know and I believe there is a Holy Trinity. I see sunrises, rocks, flowers, so much created. I feel the calmness and love given me no matter the ugliness, chaos, events surrounding me. I speak wise words someone needs to hear when I remember to shut up and give my voice over to the Holy Spirit. I feel the peace and love within when grief claws at my being. I know and I believe. I understand that my role is to treat all people graciously, with respect, with Christian decency, not to act upon prejudices, bigotries, or judgment. To be charitable in words, actions, deeds, and giving. I am glad I that I found a church, EOCC, where I can see these beliefs reflected, where my grandchildren can get a Christian understanding of the Holy Trinity, and I can be a part of a Christian community.
From Dory Simpson "Seek joy in what you give, not what you get."
Before EOCC, I had faith, but I did not know what a real faith journey was or what a church family would mean to me. I hear people say the Bible is a wonderful story. To me, when I read the Bible, it is so confusing. I cannot pronounce half the words, I do not understand what they're trying to tell me. That's why I go to Bible study, hoping to understand more. What I do know is that God has given me strength and guidance to show my love for him and everyone else.
If anyone asks me, I say that I'm not a preacher. I'm here to serve, to the best of my ability, God and my church family.
I never in this world dreamed I would be a deacon, a leader for the craft fair or other church activities. (I never was a leader.) God has given me the ability to do this, and I couldn't be more grateful and blest.
Thank you, God.
Dory