October 7, 2022
Dear Friends,
What a blessing it has been to serve as your Senior Warden this year! As a relative newcomer to Good Shepherd (October 2020), I am continually amazed by so many of you who enthusiastically contribute so much of your time and energy toward our worship, fellowship, and outreach. I have found your participation in the life of our church contagious. I have really enjoyed singing and praying with you, sharing food and conversation at our wonderful coffee hours and potlucks, digging and pulling weeds in our blueberry patch, and studying the Bible on Wednesdays at noon. I have also been impressed with the way you welcome all of God’s children into our church family.
More Than Enough is our theme for this year’s pledge campaign and our focus is on sharing our Wealth, Works, and Wisdom with our church community and with the world. Just as Jesus fed the crowd with the five loaves and two fish, I am fed each Sunday as I worship with you at Good Shepherd and as I participate in other ways in the life of our church community. Our scripture readings teach us that when we share some of our wealth, works, and wisdom with God and with others (no matter how little it may seem that we have), God always provides us with More than Enough. I know I often find this true when I have spent time with you at Good Shepherd.
Thank you. Thank you for all that you do for the Church and for the world. In a couple of weeks, you will be receiving an invitation to pledge some of your wealth, works, and wisdom in the coming year. In addition to praying about how much of your wealth you will generously share this year, I encourage each of you to pray about how God might be calling you to participate in our worship and outreach (Works). My prayer for all of us is that God will give us the courage and the faith to believe that He will always provide us with More Than Enough.
With humble thanks,
Julie Davis
Senior Warden
