2011 Celebration Generosity - Amazing!!

II Corinthians 9:6 tells us, "Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will reap generously."  This truth not only applies to people, but also to churches.  I believe that one of the reasons that God has been so generous with COMMUNITY is because COMMUNITY has strived to be a generous church.  For the fourth year in a row COMMUNITY set aside a weekend where everything that comes in we gave away to the "4 Teams."  We call this weekend Celebration Generosity and four offerings have been the four highest offerings in the history of COMMUNITY with this years total coming in at $533,500.00!  In addition, every year we have lots and lots of people who give for the very first time.  This past year we had 141 first time givers during Celebration Generosity.  One of my favorite moments was this comment I received from a first time giver on my facebook who said, " I gave at Celebration Generosity for the very first time, and it felt amazing. It actually just set the bar for spending my disposable income. It felt like so much when I gave, until I realized that I spend frivolously without even thinking about it. Thank you for the epiphany."