“Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…”

On All Saints' Day, we remember.

We remember those who worshiped before us. Those who prayed and taught. Those who served and gave. Those who welcomed strangers, cared for children, sang the hymns, prepared the meals, tended the buildings, supported ministries, and dreamed about what this church might become.

Much of what we have today exists because someone before us believed it was worth passing on.

We inherited more than a building or a congregation.

We inherited a faith.

And now that faith has been entrusted to us.

Stewardship connects generations. What we offer today becomes part of what another generation will receive tomorrow.

As we remember the saints who have gone before us, we also look toward those who will come after us.

What have we received from those who came before us—and what will we faithfully pass on?