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August 24, 2025 – Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

Loving God, you bring freedom to those who are bound and healing to those who are hurting. As we offer our gifts today, we pray that they will be used to bring release to the captives and comfort to the oppressed. May our actions reflect your love for all people. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen. Luke 13:10-17

August 31, 2025 – Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Gracious God, you have shown us the depths of our unfaithfulness and our need for your mercy. We offer these gifts in repentance, asking that they be used to bring restoration and healing to a broken world. May our giving to this offering be a small act of our desire to return to you each and every day. We humbly pray. Amen. Jeremiah 2:4-13

September 7, 2025 – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Lord, we come to you today aware of the challenges that come with following You. Help us to understand what it truly means to carry our cross every day and to walk in love, humility, and service. May these gifts be a sign of our commitment to seek your kingdom first, trusting that you will always provide for us. In Jesus’ name, Amen. Luke 14:25-33

September 14, 2025 – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

God of mercy, thank you for the incredible grace we have received through Jesus. As we give our offerings today, help us, like Paul, to be vessels of grace, showing love and forgiveness to everyone we meet. Empower us to live humbly, always remembering that we are redeemed and called to reflect your mercy in everything we do. In Jesus’ name, Amen. 1 Timothy 1:12-17

September 21, 2025 – Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Gracious God, we bring our gifts to you today, knowing that we are called to be faithful stewards of all you have given to us. Help us use our resources wisely, serve others with open hearts, and seek what is good for your sake. Teach us that where our treasure is, that is where our hearts will be, too. Amen. Luke 16:1-13

September 28, 2025 – Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Lord, as we offer our gifts today, we are reminded of the divide between those who live in comfort and those who suffer. Help us to care for the poor, the oppressed, and those on the margins of society. Guide us to use what we have to help others and show compassion. May our offerings reflect our desire to build bridges of love. In Jesus’ name, Amen. Luke 16:19-31

October 5, 2025 – Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

God, as we give today, we remember the struggles of Your people – both in the past and present. Help us to stand with those who are longing for your justice and peace. May these offerings be a symbol of our desire to bring hope and healing to a broken world, trusting that you will ultimately restore all things. Amen. Psalm 137

October 12, 2025 – Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

God of grace, thank you for the countless blessings we have received from your hand. Like the one leper who returned to thank Jesus, we too offer our gifts with grateful hearts. May these gifts remind us of your great mercy and inspire us to live lives full of thankfulness, praise, and service. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen. Luke 17:11-19

October 19, 2025 – Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Loving God, we come to You, trusting that you will guide us with your love. As we give our offerings today, let them be a sign of our desire to grow closer to you and to deepen our love for you. Open our hearts to your grace so that we might be agents of peace and reconciliation in this world. Amen. Jeremiah 31:27-34

October 26, 2025 – Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost; Reformation Sunday

Holy God, we offer our gifts and recognize how much we need your grace and mercy. Help us not to be proud of our own goodness, but to place our trust fully in the salvation that you freely offer to all. May our offerings reflect our humility and gratitude for all blessings in life. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. Luke 18:9-14