Category: Offering

Leader: As forgiven and reconciled people, People: let us offer ourselves and our gifts to God.   Led by a deacon at Oakhurst Baptist Church, Decatur, Georgia on October 27,...

Leader: The grace of our God overflowed for me. People: Let us give thanks with our tithes and offerings.   Led by a deacon at Oakhurst Baptist Church, Decatur, Georgia on October 20, 2013. 1 Timothy 1: 14: and the grace of...

Leader: God, we offer these gifts to you for the work of justice and peace. People: Guide us in seeking the welfare of our city, where we often feel like exiles and strangers.   From Jeremiah:29:7. Led by a deacon at...

Leader: God, we come before you as we are. People: We offer the gifts of our resources and our very lives to you, confident that you will use them to bring love and hope to your world.   Led by a deacon at Oakhurst Baptist...

Leader: It is God who reminds us of our abundance. We have received grace. People: God, who is the source of all resources, who inspires creative use of finances, time, energy, and enthusiasm, help us to give out of our...

Leader: With what shall I come before the Lord and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come with burnt offerings, with calves, with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? People: God has told you what is good;...

Leader: It is God who reminds us of our abundance. We have received grace. People: God, who is the source of all resources, who inspires creative use of finances, time, energy, and enthusiasm, help us to give out of our...

Leader: We know that all good things come from God. People: With joy and gratitude we return a portion of what God has so generously given to us.   Led by a deacon at Oakhurst Baptist Church, Decatur, Georgia on August 11,...

Leader: Do not be deceived, my beloved sisters and brothers; People: Every good and perfect gift comes from heaven; it comes down from God, the Creator of the heavenly lights, who does not change or cause shadows by turning....

Leader: In our offering, O God, we proclaim our work and our worship are one; we proclaim that life is undivided. People: Let our material gifts make possible spiritual ministries of reconciliation and love-restored community....

Leader: Generous God, you shower us with goodness every day. People: With grateful hearts we bring you these gifts. Transform them into outpourings of peace and justice to reconcile all peoples to one another and to you.  ...