17 East LaCrosse Avenue, Lansdowne, PA 19050, Office Phone-610-626-0637, Email: lansdownebaptistchurch17@gmail.com, Member of American Baptist Churches, USA (one of the most diverse denominations in the US), and the Philadelphia Baptist Association
Showing posts with label stewardship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stewardship. Show all posts
Friday, September 18, 2020
Masks for Sale
One of our many talented congregants, Gwen, has provided Lansdowne Baptist Church with a number of masks to protect people against the COVID-19 virus in public. These masks are well made and stylish. We thank Gwen for her efforts on the church's behalf. You can buy them for $7 each (a real deal). Just contact the pastor or the church office. These masks are only being sold locally at this time.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
God's Generosity
This sermon, given on November 17, 2019, is based on Isaiah 65:17-25. Here we consider God's great generosity to humanity and our response toward God's church, our community, and creation. This is a stewardship sermon dealing with the establishment of a new Jerusalem in people's hearts, where it spreads from person to person, and generosity along with it, right around the globe. Come and watch. If you find yourself near Lansdowne Baptist Church on a Sunday morning, drop in at 11 a.m. to worship with us (10 a.m. in the summer).
Thursday, August 1, 2019
True Sacrifice
Sermon based on Isaiah 1:16-20, in which the priest Isaiah ben Amoz provides difficult news from God concerning their straying from the ways of justice and faith in action God expects. This has direct application for the church today. Come and watch. Sunday morning, come and join us at Lansdowne Baptist Church.
Thursday, June 27, 2019
ABCUSA — Life Is About Choices
Become a Creation Justice Congregation. Watch this moving short video, and act.
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
God's Double Portion
The sermon for Sunday, June 16, 2019, Father's Day, was based on 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14. This is the story of Elijah and Elisha, two faithful prophets of God in the 9th century BC. Elijah will pass the mantle of authority on to Elisha, to continue God's work in the world. We are called to work faithfully as well in God's service. Doing so, we receive from God a double portion of spiritual blessings to enable us to continue our work as faithfully as Elijah and Elisha. Come, watch, and see.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Stewardship with Dirt Under Our Nails
Sunday sermon following Earth Day, based on Genesis 2:15 & Leviticus 19:9-10. We look at the creation story to see what is intended in our relationship between God and humanity. Leviticus helps us with our relations between each other. The menorah was lit in solidarity with the synagogue congregants in San Diego who were attacked, and with all who have suffered violence in their sacred spaces. Watch and see what is to be discovered through this riveting tale.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Out of Her Poverty
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Sunday, November 11, 2018, Sermon: Out of Her Poverty
Join us this Sunday when we will explore the meaning of the widow giving her two coins in the Temple in Jerusalem. It was all she had. Why was this significant to Jesus? Why is it significant to us? What does it have to tell us about living generous lives? Come and see. Sunday, November 11, 2018, at 11 a.m. in the Lansdowne Baptist Church sanctuary. You will be welcome!
To see the sermon: https://lansdownebaptistchurch.blogspot.com/2018/11/out-of-her-poverty.html
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Fair Balance: Stewardship
Sermon from October 29, 2017, based on 2 Corinthians 8:7-15. Paul guides the Corinthian church and us in how to live generous, joyful lives, creating fair balance and having a positive impact. Following Paul's advice for living is character changing. To succeed, however, requires a lot of trust.
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Stewardship Challenges
Sermon based on 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 and Malachi 3:10, dealing with stewardship in its broadest sense. Dealing with issues of justice in our community through our faithful stewardship of our God-given talents and gifts. The broad reach of stewardship performed faithfully might surprise you.
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Making Changes to be Good Stewards
In the middle of April, Lansdowne Baptist Church's Property and Finance Commission contracted
to have three trees removed from our property. Two hardwood trees along
Lansdowne and East LaCrosse Avenues were dead or very nearly so. These two
trees were a potential danger to our community, with many heavy limbs extending over the
sidewalk and the avenues. The third tree was a fir outside the office wing, a tree that was leaning steeply toward the adjacent sanctuary roof. A
portion of this leaning pine’s root ball was lifting out of the ground, raising
serious concerns about how long it would remain standing. As a result of good stewardship, there is now significantly greater light in the office wing and heightened safety for both
our church family and the community we serve. Thanks to the Property and
Finance team for their efforts. God expects us to be good stewards of what we
have been given, and the members of Property and Finance followed through
admirably.
Saturday, November 14, 2015
More Than We Think
Sermon based on Matthew 14:13-21. Jesus, in the feeding of the five thousand (plus), shows us there is a better way to live than in fear that there will not be enough for each of us in this world. That fear is currently killing people. Listen for a different way, the way of God's kingdom, and be liberated.
Monday, November 17, 2014
Who Will You Serve
Stewardship sermon based on Joshua 24:14-25. It was a challenging question for the people of Israel back in Joshua's day and remains just as challenging for us. The "little g gods" may have changed, but the importance of the challenge and the response of each of us remains the same. God bless you as you ponder the question.
For a creative little piece on stewardship by a friend and fellow pastor, see: http://lansdownebaptistchurch.blogspot.com/2014/10/daily-vlog-299-made-to-give-60ssss.html
Monday, October 27, 2014
Daily Vlog #299 Made to Give (60sSSS)
My friend a fellow pastor John Inverso explains generous giving in this stewardship season in his sixty second sermon summary. Perfect, just perfect.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
2014 World Mission Offering
During September and October, American Baptist Churches USA receives the World Mission Offering, an essential source of support for the entire work of International Ministries, including support for current global personnel and the recruitment of new missionaries. Your gifts to the offering can be directed for the support of particular missionaries, like Sue Hegarty, who are doing Christ-like ministry and changing lives in more than 70 countries around the world. We invite you to participate in the offering this year and to give generously.
You can give here at Lansdowne Baptist Church in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. We will be glad to have you join us and support these missionaries. You can also follow the link here and give to the ABC-USA missionary of your choice: http://www.internationalministries.org/give
To read about the work of missionary Sue Hegarty, see: http://lansdownebaptistchurch.blogspot.com/2014/09/missionary-sue-hegarty-reflects-on.html
You can give here at Lansdowne Baptist Church in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. We will be glad to have you join us and support these missionaries. You can also follow the link here and give to the ABC-USA missionary of your choice: http://www.internationalministries.org/give
To read about the work of missionary Sue Hegarty, see: http://lansdownebaptistchurch.blogspot.com/2014/09/missionary-sue-hegarty-reflects-on.html
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Webinar: How to Lead in Stewardship - Raise More Money with Less Stress
There is a lot to learn here about stewardship for pastors and stewardship teams. Have a blessed, calm, stewardship season and year.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Philadelphia Baptist Association's Baby Manna Project
Lansdowne Baptist Church is a member church of the Philadelphia Baptist Association. Associations exist to allow individual churches to join together to do more than they could alone. The Philadelphia Baptist Association is the oldest in the United States, predating the country's founding, and having just celebrated its 307 year of active service. For more on the PBA and what it has done, see: http://philadelphiabaptist.info/?page_id=184
One of the many mission projects undertaken by the PBA is the Baby Manna project. This is an important mission designed to bring much needed formula and other baby products to those babies living in poverty in the Delaware Valley. Currently, there are over 12,000 babies born into poverty in the Delaware Valley every year. Most of these children are bottle fed as they must be cared for by someone other than their mothers. Costs for infant formula is high and rising. Impoverished caregivers have been forced to give hungry infants sugar water or watered down formula, which of course are poor substitutes for proper nutrition. Infant malnutrition leads to lasting and devastating impacts on children's lives.
One hundred percent of donations to the Baby Manna program are used by Philabundance to purchase infant formula and baby products made available to Philabundance's member agencies and the people they serve.
Have a positive impact on the lives of those who struggle to nurture their infants while struggling under the crushing impact of poverty in our region by donating to this worthy program.
You may contact the Philadelphia Baptist Association to find out how to contribute at:
Or you may go directly to Philabundance at this address: http://www.philabundance.org/programs-2/baby-manna/
One of the many mission projects undertaken by the PBA is the Baby Manna project. This is an important mission designed to bring much needed formula and other baby products to those babies living in poverty in the Delaware Valley. Currently, there are over 12,000 babies born into poverty in the Delaware Valley every year. Most of these children are bottle fed as they must be cared for by someone other than their mothers. Costs for infant formula is high and rising. Impoverished caregivers have been forced to give hungry infants sugar water or watered down formula, which of course are poor substitutes for proper nutrition. Infant malnutrition leads to lasting and devastating impacts on children's lives.
One hundred percent of donations to the Baby Manna program are used by Philabundance to purchase infant formula and baby products made available to Philabundance's member agencies and the people they serve.
Have a positive impact on the lives of those who struggle to nurture their infants while struggling under the crushing impact of poverty in our region by donating to this worthy program.
You may contact the Philadelphia Baptist Association to find out how to contribute at:
8711 Ridge Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19128
www.philadelphiabaptist.org
Or you may go directly to Philabundance at this address: http://www.philabundance.org/programs-2/baby-manna/
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