This Sunday, November 15th, is Commitment Sunday. While many of us may not physically be back in church, it is still Commitment Sunday, the time when we make our pledge to the work, the mission, and the maintenance of Second Church so that we can formulate our plans and budgets for 2021.

So we’re posting and we’re mailing this simple statement, request, appeal, reminder -- Step up! Step up to the plate! More than a clever concept from our Stewardship Committee leaders, David Savard and Rebecca Darwin, it’s a call to action, an invitation to each of you to commit by making a pledge to God’s kingdom work through Second Church.   

It’s been hard to get together, but it’s important that we stick together and that we stick with the church. How do we do that? How may we honor the primacy of Jesus in our lives and for the hope of mankind? It starts with the heart.

• Honor the covenant you made as you joined, whether this year, last, or a decade or more ago.

• Make a commitment, a pledge that reflects your love for Jesus and will enable the work we get to do in God’s name through Second Church. 

• Be disciplined. The needs of the church don’t stop for Covid or for summer. You may give cash, or by check, money order, online or automatic bank draft, but please, if possible, make a pledge. A pledge is not a contract and may be amended if need be.

God’s work will be done. May it be done through Second Presbyterian. It takes you, me, our teaching and painting and recording and posting, and prayers and our money. It’s a practical issue. It’s a relationship issue. This is a spiritual issue. Our God loves us, so we must love God and God’s creation. Our God forgives us so we must forgive. Our God is scandalously generous. It’s our time to step up and give back!

In anticipation, confidence and in joy -