This month brings with it our Stewardship Focus for the year. Remember when 
you joined the church? The commitments that we made involved pledging our 
faith in Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior, but also supporting the church 
and faith through our prayers, our presence, our gifts and our service.

This month, you will be asked to re-evaluate your level of service and 
participation in the congregational life through our Stewardship Inventory 
Sheets. These forms list a variety of opportunities for service and growth 
in the life of the congregation. Realizing, however, that many of you have 
already filled out a form from last year and that your form will not change, 
we are giving people two options. These options for submitting our stewardship 
forms include: 1) notify the church office that your commitments will remain 
the same this year. 2) fill out your name on a new sheet and write SAME or 
you may request your ’07 sheet from the office and review and change 
it. Remember, we are asking you to look closely at participating in three 
areas of leadership only.  

Through the month, you will be hearing from lay persons who are living out 
good stewardship in their giving to Christ’s church, finding meaning 
in giving to the Lord through the church. I am always amazed, and believe 
you will be too, at the ways people are affected by how they deal with 
their resources. On October the 21, you will have an opportunity to evaluate 
where you are now in your Stewardship giving to the Lord, and then to fill out 
an estimate of giving for the coming year. That day we will celebrate our 
commitments to the Lord by a Complementary Celebration Meal. Each member 
of the church will be invited.

As I read about Stewardship in preparation for this month, and seek to live 
it out in my own life, I am again struck by the indebtedness and struggles 
people have with their money. Jesus did not avoid the subject of money while 
on earth. In fact, Jesus spoke often about money, and early in the scripture. 
God set out a plan of proportional giving, a tithe that is acceptable to Him. 
It is God’s desire that we place a portion of our first fruits on His 
altars as a sign of our faith and our part of His Kingdom work, and that the 
church become wise stewards of her resources. I hope the very best for you 
and your family as we seek to work on being the builders for His kingdom.

                         Joy and Peace to you ~ Rev. Tommy Wilkes


PS ~ Below are a number of new CD’s that were donated by Neal and Lori 
Smith to the church library for checkout. Thanks so much! Remember, checkouts 
from the church library on CD’s last for 2 weeks
 
Petra - Double Take
Jeff Deyo - Saturate
Nicole C. Mullen - Talk About It
The Gotee Brothers - Erace                                     
  (a project to eliminate racism)
X 2003 - various artists (2 discs)
  This is Solid State Volume 6
Pax217 - Engage
Big Daddy Weave - One And Only
In the Spotlight - Various artists
Dialed In 
  - sharing casual conversation comments 
  and insights with your favorite Christian artists
Wow Next 2007 - various artists
Fuse (Music to ignite the soul) - various artists
FFH - I Want to be Like You
Wow Hits 2003 - various artists
Barlow Girl 
  - How Can We Be Silent All Access Pass
Chris Hughes - Feels Like Home
Eddie Willis - You Are Holy
Eddie Willis - In This Still Place
Sixpence None The Richer - Collage 
DeGarmo & Key - 15 of the bands greatest recordings
Everything Counts - Worship Songs for Radical Living
Rachael Lampa - Kaleidoscope
sf59 - Leave Here a Stranger
ZOEgirl - Life
Pax217 - twoseventeen
Rebecca St. James - Worship God
Third Day - Offerings
Kadasha - New Creation
Octane 1.0 - Ultimate Praise and Worship Remixes
Third Day - Wire
FFH- The Voice from Home
Avalon - The Creed
Avalon - The Best of Avalon (Testify to Love)
Phillips, Craig and Dean- Let the Worshippers Arise
Nichole Nordaman- Brave
Phil Wickham-Phil Wickham
Rebecca St. James ­ Wait for Me 
(The Best of Rebecca St. James)