The Blessing Tree

Trinity’s 2016 annual Stewardship campaign included a blessing tree in our sanctuary.  Each Sunday, members were encouraged to print on a “leaf” in their bulletin a way that God had blessed them in order to be a blessing to someone else during that past week.  But the conclusion of our campaign, the tree was filled with leaves.  Not all of the “blessings” could be easily categorized and some of the writing was difficult to read.  But, below is just a sampling of some of the “categories of blessings” we were able to celebrate:

• 29 people were blessed to be able to help a family member
• 9 people were blessed to assist a senior who is home bound or in a nursing home
• 11 people were blessed to assist a student
• 12 people were blessed to help out a friend
• 8 people were blessed to volunteer through a local non-profit organization
• 5 people were blessed to help out a co-worker
• 13 people were blessed to provide a random act of kindness to a stranger
• 9 people were blessed to care for someone who was ill or hospitalized
• 21 people were blessed to be engaged in ministry here at Trinity
• 6 people were blessed to assist a neighbor

Like Abraham of the Old Testament, God has blessed us in order that we might be a blessing to someone else.  Thanks be to God from whom all blessings flow!