Valley Presbyterian Church

Rev. Jenny Warner shared her sermon "It All Belongs to God: Stories from East Africa" at Valley Presbyterian Church, November 11, 2019. Jenny described her past two weeks in Rwanda, looking for "change-makers" with the "African Road" project, providing initial funds to kick-start improvement efforts there. Each donation stipulates that fund recipients will make small but regular contributions (12.5 cents weekly) for ongoing community support, in order to become self-supporting as a community. Jenny also referred to this morning's readings from the prophet Haggai, who encouraged the Israelites to rebuild community resources after their return from exile, in addition to rebuilding personal resources. Jenny noted that community contribution can seem the harder of the two, but the courage and spirit to do so dwells within all of us, as God's abundance is meant for all of us, and is not earmarked for individual ownership or control. www.valleypreschurch.org