“It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” If it were easy to forego our personal wishes for ourselves, it would be easy to give our wealth to others, right? When you are weighing how or whether to make a gift, it may help to remember how St. Andrew’s strives to contribute to both our literal neighbors and to the wider community – around New Hampshire, and even abroad. For example, our neighbor-love extends from Got Lunch with local school kids all the way to solar panels added to Head to Head school in rural Haiti. The Mission Tithe plank of the Capital Campaign ensures that our generosity in this work reaches a wider community, too.
2 Corinthians 9:6-8 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
