Pentecost 25 - Thanksgiving Sunday Colossians 1:11-20 You may not remember me... I'm the kid you helped go to college a few years ago. I was a pretty good student in high school, but not the type who gets a lot of scholarship help. Not only that, but my parents couldn't afford to send me to college. The scholarship you gave me made the difference. I'm the first person in my family to get a higher education. And now, I'm a senior - going to be an engineer - and I'm getting married next summer too! I'm so excited about [READ MORE]

Pentecost 25 Matthew 25:14-30 It may seem strange to you that our sermon text - on this Sunday following the close of our Stewardship campaign - would be the parable of the talents. This parable from Matthew 25 is probably the most popular stewardship text of all. We preachers particularly like it because it not only calls for the wise investment of our resources, but also because it uses this peculiar word "talent". This gives preachers the ability to sort of soften our annual pitch for money. We can package it together with an appeal to give generously of your time and TALENT, too. [READ MORE]