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collection plate and your tins and packets in the food bank basket (both of<br />
which I would encourage you to do!) – because it’s thinking about what of<br />
yourself are you giving in God’s service?<br />
There are all sorts of wonderful things happening in our church, and all<br />
sorts of wonderful people giving a huge amount of their time and their<br />
personal gifts, in service of God. But it may be that some of you haven’t<br />
yet found, or taken, the opportunity to share more of who you are in<br />
God’s service.<br />
If there are things in which you flourish when you do them; if there are<br />
things you do that you see bearing fruit, it would be wonderful to see you<br />
doing those things in God’s service! Whether it is behind the scenes or up<br />
in front, with people or with spreadsheets, practical or strategic, details or<br />
big picture, if you find yourself flourishing through music or cooking or art<br />
or hospitality or seeing a simple job well done, that is something you can<br />
offer to God. I would be delighted to hear about the things that make you<br />
YOU, and to help you think through how you can use them in the church<br />
or our work in the local community.<br />
But if you think, “there’s nothing for someone like me,” please come and<br />
tell me what someone like you is like, because the church should be a<br />
place where everyone can use their gifts in God’s service, so that everyone<br />
can grow and flourish. Part of our role as a church community is to help<br />
everyone find their place and make a meaningful contribution. So if there<br />
is something that would help you grow and flourish in God’s service, tell<br />
me about it, and we can talk about what we might do. It really would be<br />
worth celebrating to see everyone in our church community blossoming<br />
and bearing fruit.<br />
Every blessing,
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