September 28 is designated “Presbyterians Sharing Sunday” by the General Assembly of our church. Presbyterians Sharing is the name of the fund to which all congregations of our church contribute, in order to fund the work of our national church, including mission work both in Canada and overseas, the development of new congregations, our three theological colleges, the staff of our national church offices in Toronto, the General Assembly, and funding to assist Synods in paying for Synod (or “regional”) staff, to name just a few things.
At our Annual Meeting in February, we accepted an allocation of $3,800 for Presbyterians Sharing (an amount that we commit to giving). As of the end of August, givings to Presbyterians Sharing totaled $1,950 leaving a difference of $1,850 which we need to make up by the end of December; which means we’re doing not too badly