Posts

Showing posts with the label Stewardship

Enough! Discovering Joy Through Gratitude and Generosity

Image
Enough! Stewardship 2026 Stewardship Season 2026 runs from All Saints' Sunday, November 1, through Christ the King Sunday, November 22, with Consecration Sunday on November 15 . We Have Enough to Spare Dear FPC Members and Friends, Every November the Thanksgiving holiday reminds us of God's call to gratitude. The corn and soybean fields around Clarksville are now mostly empty, the harvest gathered into silos. Our refrigerators, freezers, and tables fill up with Thanksgiving fare, and even our clocks "fall back" on November 1, handing us a whole "extra" hour. At First Presbyterian, stewardship season is and has always been a season of gratitude: it is our time to count the gifts God has placed in our hands and decide what portion to return to God in gratitude. We have chosen the cornucopia as our symbol for gratitude. The old "horn of plenty" spills over with apples, grapes, squash and corn. There is always enough, and more than enough on ou...