http://www.vashonmethodist.org/blog.php en-gb copyright 2012 - Vashon United Methodist Church pastord@vashonmethodist.org pastord@vashonmethodist.org Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:27:01 -0500http://www.vashonmethodist.org/blog.php?blogID=1246 <p> This past Sunday we took our worship on the road to Camp Sealth to experience worship in the grandeur of Creation. &nbsp;What a glorious morning it was! &nbsp;A piano with two silent keys couldn&#39;t dampen the enthusiam of our singing or the choir&#39;s anthem. &nbsp;Mary Liz and Don joined the church and we celebrated World Communion Sunday. &nbsp;After worship we enjoyed pulled pork BBQ and cole slaw in the dining room overlooking the Colvos Passage. &nbsp;If you looked down toward the beach you could see the boat Steve Church sailed to church in. &nbsp;What fun it was to be together in a camp setting.</p> <p> As the kick-off to our stewardship campaign, Karen Lomax told us about the time her brother tried to introduce chocolate pudding to his two year-old son. &nbsp;His son wanted nothing to do with the brown gooey lump. &nbsp;Karen&#39;s brother tried every trick he knew to get his son to try the pudding, knowing how much he would like it once he tried it. &nbsp;Eventually the little boy did taste the pudding and loves it to this day. &nbsp;Karen explained that tithing is like pudding. &nbsp;You can&#39;t imagine that you will like it until you actually try it and then you find that you enjoy it.</p> <p> Over the next few weeks we will be reading a devotional guide designed to enrich our lives through spiritual renewal focusing on stewardship. &nbsp;Stewardship has everything to do with our relationship to God--it&#39;s only marginally about money. &nbsp;The larger question centers on how we use all the resources that God has given us in relationship to one another. &nbsp;Being surrounded by the beauty of nature was a great way to acknowledge the abundance of Creation and the many blessings we enjoy. &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p>