Dear Church Family,
It’s hard to believe that summer is already winding down! As we look toward the end of August, I want to invite you to be part of a special day at church—Catch-Up Sunday, August 30th, our fifth Sunday fellowship this month.
- 9:30 AM – Sunday School
- 10:30 AM – Morning Worship
- 12:00 PM – Lunch (Hamburgers and hotdogs provided by the church. Bring a side to share. Our theme is “anything that goes with catsup.”)
- 1:00 PM – Singspiration
We chose the name “Catch-Up Sunday” because there are a couple of areas where we have some catching up to do!
First, we want to catch up in attendance. We’ve missed some of our church family who haven’t been able to be with us as regularly as they once were. (If you haven’t been to church in a while, this is a great Sunday to come back!)
This is also a great day to invite a friend, family member, or neighbor to join us in worship and fellowship. Let’s not just hope that people come: let’s go after them and bring them with us. Some of our friends can no longer safely drive on their own, and a simple offer to pick them up could make all the difference.
Our goal isn’t simply to have a larger number in the attendance book. We want our church family together because every person matters, every person has a place, and every person is an encouragement to someone else.
Second, we want to catch up financially. As you know, our church ministries depend upon the faithful tithes and offerings of God’s people.
I am not writing this letter to pressure anyone to give beyond what God has provided or directed. Rather, I’m asking each of us to prayerfully consider what part we can have in helping our church catch up.
Perhaps God would have you give your normal offering faithfully. Perhaps He has provided an opportunity for you to give something extra. Perhaps you could make up some of what you have been unable to give earlier in the year. Whatever the Lord lays upon your heart, we simply want to be faithful with what He has entrusted to us.
The Bible says,
“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.” ~ 2 Corinthians 9:7
Our desire is not merely to “catch up” a set of numbers on a financial report. We want to see our church family catch up in faithfulness, fellowship, service, and generosity.
Hebrews 10:24-25 says:
“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”
That is really the heart of Catch-Up Sunday.
Come back. Bring someone with you. Pray about giving. Encourage one another. Let’s catch up together.
We are looking forward to a wonderful day of fellowship and worship on Sunday, August 30th, and I hope you will make plans now to be here.
Thank you for your faithfulness, your prayers, your love for the Lord, and your love for our church family. I am thankful for what God has done through our church, and I am excited about what He is going to continue to do through us as we faithfully follow Him.
Let’s make Catch-Up Sunday a great day!
In His Service,
Pastor Micah Felber
