The Practice of Giving

After my parents married and had me, they decided that the Episcopal Church was the place they both felt comfortable. I remember being baptized at age 4, wearing a striped shirt next to a stream. Because of this, I have always felt like the Epsicopal Church and I were chosen for one another.

I’ve attended church mostly regularly since I was 10 years old, wherever I roamed, even away at college and in my many moves as a young adult. Whether I am feeling near or far in my relationship with God, attending an Episcopal Church service is part of my practice, part of my peace. It feels like putting a period at the end of a sentence to end my week at church, and reset for the next week.

Now, not all communities are the same, and I would be remiss if I didn’t express just how special Church of the Resurrection is. The minute I walked in here, I felt a deep resonance with this actual space and felt like I found my church home. Even better, we manage to do the best of liturgy and practice, with a wonderful casualness in our community. We come as we are, and we are open to the next person through the door to come as they particularly are.

There are no airs put on. We want to have fun, and we want to hold hope, and we want to lift up our neighbors and community.

It is a joy to have my children – who are now 12 and 7 years old – walk in feeling completely comfortable and that they can be themselves.

I give to Church of the Resurrection because I have always given to church. No matter the amount, this is how church happens. It is part of my meaningful offering to the community. I put my money where my heart is. It is an investment that aligns with what I want to see in the world.

I ask you to continue or consider a pledge this year if possible. We make this place together. The sense of welcome, the service activities and outreach, the wonderful fellowship, the lights, the heat, the salaries of the amazing clergy called in our midst, holding this space and home for us…It all happens only  because we all come together with our magical selves and our meaningful resources, and make it so.

—Lindsay F.