5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

This is an all-congregation event!
There will be worship, dinner, the blessing of the quilts, and a brief program explaining the Steward Six initiative. Those in attendance will receive their Steward Six booklet. If you can’t join us, don’t worry—we’ll make sure you receive your booklet.

Over the next six weeks, we invite you to prayerfully consider how best to use the gifts you receive through Steward Six. May each gift be an opportunity to share God’s love and generosity with someone else.

Each week, your Steward Six booklet gives you an opportunity to notice, try something new, and think about what you’ve experienced.
Take a few minutes to answer the questions on your reflection card. You might have a thought, a story, something you noticed, or simply something you’d like to share.
Then post your card on the Steward Six display in Fellowship Hall. Let’s see what we discover together!

Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. – Luke 16:10

What good could this small gift do?
Although the gift is small, the possibilities are not. Carry this $6 with you during the week. Notice what it could do and pay attention to the needs you encounter along the way. Pray about where it might go.

By the end of the week, decide where this money belongs—whether it is given, shared, returned, or kept.

• What did you notice this week?
• What did you decide to do with your $6?

Read the Steward Six reflections from this week.

Give us this day our daily bread – Matthew 6:11

Where do you see daily needs around you this week?
Carry this card with you during the week. Even a small provision can become a blessing. Pray about how this gift might offer care. You might give it to someone you know, pass it along to someone in need, or offer it to a ministry such as the Community Meal or the Brecht Elementary Thanksgiving Project.

If you want to return your grocery gift card to support one of these ministries, envelopes are available in Fellowship Hall or beside the offering plate.

By week’s end, offer this gift where you believe it will do the most good.

• Where did you see a need this week?
• How did you respond?

Share a thought, observation, or story about a need you noticed.

Read the Steward Six reflections from this week.

Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received – 1 Peter 4:10

Who might need a kind word from you this week?
Six stamps. Six opportunities to connect. Use them to send notes, letters, or cards to people who have shaped your life or simply need encouragement.

Mail them at the end of the week and share God’s love.

• Who came to mind when you thought about encouragement?
• What did you want them to know?

Share a thought or story about the gift of encouragement.

Read the Steward Six reflections from this week.

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to make this freewill offering? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you – 1 Chronicles 29:14

What becomes possible when we give together?
This week’s $6 is offered for the shared work of our congregation. One small gift may not seem like much—but together our gifts make a difference. Through them, our congregation supports worship, learning, service, and the church’s ongoing presence in this community.

At week’s end, place this gift in the offering as a sign of the work we share.

• What becomes possible when we give together?
• What part of our shared work matters most to you?

Share a thought or story about what we can accomplish together.

See the offering plate with our Week 4 envelopes!

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord – 1 Corinthians 12:4-5

Where is God already at work through you?
Our congregation serves neighbors, causes, and ministries beyond these walls. In doing so, we shift from just giving to the church to being a church that gives.

This week, use the index card to list six ways you share your time, talents, or resources beyond this congregation. Place the card in the offering plate. The responses will be shared anonymously in the bulletin.

• What surprised you about the ways you already give?
• What part of your giving feels most meaningful to you?

Share a thought or story about stewardship beyond our walls.

Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver – 2 Corinthians 9:7

How has your understanding of $6 changed?
Over these weeks, you have noticed small gifts, daily needs, shared generosity, and the many ways God’s loves moves through ordinary acts of care.

This final $6 is yours to discern. You may give it to a person, an organization, the church, or use it to meet a need you have discovered along the way.

• What has $6 taught you about stewardship?
• What will you carry with you after Steward Six?

Share a thought or story about what you’ll carry forward.