Special Offering Thoughts

In 2 Corinthians 6:3, the Apostle Paul quotes the prophet Isaiah and says “…I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.” I believe God wants to remind us of this promised blessing in this season of church life. So, as we start Alpha (which had over 100 in attendance on Wednesday) and as we ask God for £70,000, we need to experience God’s favour financially and trust God to bring salvation today!

Personally I’m sensing faith to pray for money for my family to give away.  And I’m trusting God to give all of us the grace we need for giving away generously and sacrificially.

Last week at Mosaic we handed out a letter giving the details of our special offering this year that begins on Sunday 1st March and runs over to the following week, Sunday 8th March.  This is the summary of the letter:

Over the last 4 years we have seen God form and shape us into a church now gathering over 300 people each week in two services.  We are just as committed to loving God, each other, our city, the underprivileged and the nations just as much as when we first began.  Our hope is that this special offering will give us the opportunity to deepen our impact on the city, enlarge our investment in people and engage those needing to hear about the love of Christ.

The Goal is £70,000
The Focus is People and Projects.

Part of our offering will be to invest in People, especially children.  We want to create the best kids ministry we can offer to families, and support our outreach work with young people in Holbeck and Cottingley. 

Our other focus is Projects.  We are looking to support our counselling ministry and facilities, finalise phase three of the building (includes replacing our borrowed PA system) and invest in church planting; initially in Paris but hopefully in many other cities across the globe.

So, we are asking you to pray now about what God would have you give, over and above your regular giving, to this special offering.  Each year we seek God together for His provision and each year he has been faithful, in fact we believe he “…is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”(Eph 3:20-21).

With love and thanks,

Matt Hatch
Lead Elder

On behalf of the Mosaic Eldership team
(Steve Vaughan and Chris Mason)