Welcome to Cross and Crown Lutheran Church.

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What does it mean to be a good steward"? Stewardship does not begin with us giving or doing anything. Stewardship is not just about how we are supposed to live. Stewardship is not primarily God expecting something from us. That is not where any of this starts. A couple of weeks ago, we began a new Sunday series of Old Testament readings and sermons. We heard how God created this world and all the beauty in it. Eventually, God created the first humans and asked them to be good stewards of this land and their lives. So first, stewardship began with the abundance God gave the first people. Secondly, the people were blessed and made aware of their abundance. Out of both abundance and their blessed awareness of abundance, the first people were asked to pass on some of this goodness and grace. 

1. God grants abundance of goodness, primarily life and love.  

2. We are blessed and made aware of God's gifts. 

3. We have opportunities to pay forward blessings. 

May you rejoice with gratitude for the abundance God gives you, may you be aware of just how much you really have, and may you be led to steward some of God's goodness and grace into the lives of others.

God's peace, 

Pastor Stephanie 

prstephanilape@gmail.com