This class is made up of a variety of adults from mid twenties to sixties. The weekly lesson examines scripture In The Word, and the class discussion expands that reading Out of the Word and Into the World. Class members offer their talents in reading of scripture and thought provoking discussion.

The team teachers are Jim Sheckels, Bill & Pat Davis, and Flora Slate.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT:

The Christian is to live as a good steward. "So then, men ought to regard us as Servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful" - 1 Corinthians 4: 1-2, NIV

INSIGHT:

A steward is not an owner; a steward is a representative, an ambassador of another. It is his responsibility to administer and represent the possessions and affairs of another. When decisions are made, he makes them not on the basis of his own interests but in the interest of the one whom he is representing. Therefore, the primary responsibility of a steward is that he be faithful to represent the interests of his superior-not to misappropriate his resources or misrepresent his interests.

God's original ordination of the Earth's Stewards:

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.

God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." Genesis 1: 26-28; NIV

OUR VISION:

We are to be good stewards of God.

A STEWARD'S PRAYER

We praise the Lord with joy because He gives us grace to act properly with pure motives: Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise.

For the Lord is good (Psalm 100:1-5).

Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands (Psalm 90:17).

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