Harvey First Lutheran has 4 Easy ways to help support our Missions at First Lutheran Church.
1. Use this QR code to schedule when and what amount you wish to give from your personal bank account, credit card or debit card. You can change the amount or schedule at any time from your phone using the myVanco.com Mobil App. 2. Send a Check or Drop off at Church First Lutheran Church 1520 Advent St. Harvey, ND 58341 3. Text 2 Give Instructions: Use Text To Give – Send text to 833-376-1678 with dollar amount in the text message field (1 = $1.00; 50 = $50; etc.). First timers will receive a link to tap on & register your contact and payment information.
4. Give Electronically through your bank. Call Karla at 701-324-2548 and she can get you set up. We hope you enjoy these new way to share your generosity, and we thank you for helping our Missions at Harvey First Lutheran. flocknote
Text HFLC to 84576 to stay connected with First Lutheran Church. Breakdown of where First Lutheran’s Benevolences go each month. Benevolences total 5% of the monthly offerings.
Western ND Synod - 3.85% Western ND Synod (Seeds of Faith) - .10% Metigoshe Ministries - .80% Global Missions (Willie Langdji) - .25% |
LIVING GENEROUSLY
GOD’S ULTIMATE GIFT OF REDEMPTION “But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: ‘Fear not for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.’” Isaiah 43:1 Of what will you be more likely to take greater care? Something that you own? Or something that is not yours? That might be a slippery slope question when we are talking about stewardship, based on God’s simple gifts. However, as one hears the words of our Lord through the prophet Isaiah, it is a question that does bring a great deal of comfort. As God plainly states through Isaiah, stewards that have been created and are being sustained by God have no reason to fear because we belong to God. We are owned fully by Him. With His amazing grace, He has redeemed us in the innocent suffering and death of His beloved Son Jesus! We are doubly owned! God, as the Owner of all things by virtue of creation, sees us as a treasured possession. He promises to never hold out on us. He may not make us stupendously wealthy, incredibly intelligent, or dashingly beautiful. But we do have the sure and certain promise that GOD IS with us. In Word and Sacrament, our Lord dwells with us, giving us His gifts of life and salvation! As we contemplate the simple gifts that our Lord gives, and how we might be called to share them with the Church for the Gospel and our neighbors for God’s glory, we need not fear. We have His promise that He will be with us. For this reason, we can indeed be generous. We have the Lord’s promise. He will not abandon us. The faithful stewardship and generosity to which we are called is to be a confession of our trust in His promise. It is not always easy. But this is the stewardship to which we have been called. And, it is not about us. It is all about the One who owns us. In Him we believe. In Him we trust. In Him, we have no reason to fear. BECAUSE OF HIM, WE ARE FREE TO BE FAITHFUL STEWARDS OF ALL THAT HE HAS. IT IS FOR HIS GLORY AND OUR NEIGHBOR’S BENEFIT. GENEROSITY – IS THE VIRTUE OF GIVING GOOD THINGS TO OTHERS, FREELY AND ABUNDANTLY |