Building Abundance | Christ Church Ridley Park

November 26, 2022

And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. - 2 Corinthians 9:8

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What does an abundant life look like to you? For me, it's trading fear for love and responding to the world around me with the mindset that there is enough for all. It's planting seeds of hope, passion, and resiliency to harvest joy, peace, and trust. God has blessed us with abundance, it's time we recognize the many shapes abundance can show up in our lives.

Are you up for the challenge? Let's build abundance! See how many blocks you can fill in throughout the month on the Building Abundance Chart. Ditch the scarcity mindset and build abundance in your relationships, spiritual practices, and passions. The blocks are filled with small tasks, reflections, and actions that should only take just a couple of minutes during the day and help you reframe, refresh, rejoice, and rejuvenate. The chart may look familiar to those who took on the challenge in 2021, but it has been refreshed to include new spaces for you to write in responses and a few QR codes. Using a smartphone camera point it at the QR code and follow the link. For those without that capacity, get creative with a new way to fill those blocks. Use this challenge in a way that serves you best!

At the end of the month feel free to share your reflections on Building Abundance. Or throughout the month take a photo during one of your abundant acts and email it to Mackenzie Alexander with a sentence or two about your experience doing the challenge.

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Whoever you are, for whatever reason you are wondering about this community and way of faith, we are glad you are here, and we invite you to come and see in-person, or join online.

We encourage you to explore how we carry on meaningful traditions while adapting to this era in life giving ways. We continue, return, proclaim, serve and strive in Christ’s name every day.

We trust that God loves you and all creation - no exceptions.

We know that following Jesus brings both connection and transformation.

We encounter the Holy Spirit who is both demanding and renewing.

We strive together to grow in faithfulness to God’s way of love in this time and place.

Our leadership shows up with their whole hearts! We strive to bring our Christ-centered love to our work, homes, beyond our building, and into our neighborhood.

The way of Jesus is a lifelong friendship of loving-kindness and liberation. We wonder how we can collaborate with you and the Holy Spirit to become compassion, freedom, and mercy for all.

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Holy God who calls the world into being, who calls us into Christ’s church; we thank you for the church that is our heart, for the mission of the church that is our joy, and for the ministry of the church that is our task. We thank you for the generosity of Christ Church, Ridley Park, for its steadfastness over time, for its faithful witness, wholehearted life, and its abundant caring ways. Make us courageous, make us ready, make us open, that we may become a resounding Alleluia through your passion and into your victory. We pray in the name of Jesus crucified and risen, wholehearted Shepherd of the Church. Amen.

Donate to Christ Church in support of the life, ministry, and witness of Jesus Christ. Contribute online to a particular collection or make a one-time donation under "non-pledge".

Money is a lifeless substance, but without it, life as we know it isn’t possible. It takes funding to offer worship, fellowship, maintain buildings, care for one another. One of the steadfast ways that we offer gratefulness to God is through a pledge commitment.

Sponsor altar flowers to beautify the sanctuary with creations from God. Altar flowers are often shared "in memory of" or "in honor" of someone special and can be displayed the Sunday around a meaningful date. Information of sponsored flowers will be included in the worship bulletin.