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Offertory Reading for Sabbath, July 27, 2024

“Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver,” 2 Corinthians 9:7 NIV.

Texas Conference online giving link: AdventistGiving. You can search for your local church on the AdventistGiving main website or return your tithes and give your offerings in a tithe envelope at church. Together As One, let’s be cheerful givers to further God’s work in Texas and worldwide.

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This week’s offering is for:

Texas Vision

There is a research-backed theory in communication called “Social Penetration” that states that the more we know about each other the more we like one another and are able to develop deep bonds.  One way we get to know more about one another is through our stories. Have you ever had someone, perhaps a colleague or acquaintance, share a story from their own life with you? I know that when people around me share more about their background and faith it strengthens my own faith.

Did you know that many conferences publish a magazine or printed publication in which stories are shared from across the conference by different people? The more we are able to hear one another’s stories, the smaller the divide between us gets. When I flip through the Southern Union Record or Adventist Review, I read about people working together to organize events that are meant to spur on revival and reformation. When we listen and hear what is happening in other places, it can be just what we need to encourage our next step in ministry. 

You can find stories about our own Texas Conference members on the TexasAdventist.org website. Together As One, we are making an eternal difference, just like we do when we give to the Texas Vision offering.

The Texas Vision offering benefits three areas within the Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists: worthy student funding for our academies (25%), Lake Whitney Ranch development (50%) and church or school building appropriations (25%).

Thank you for giving generously to continue the stories here in the Texas Conference.

Visión de Texas

Hay una teoría de la comunicación respaldada por la investigación que se llama “penetración social” y afirma que cuanto más sabemos los unos de los otros, más nos agradamos y somos capaces de desarrollar vínculos significativos.*  Una forma de conocernos mejor es a través de nuestras historias. ¿Alguna vez alguien, tal vez un colega o conocido, le compartió una historia de su propia vida? Sé que cuando las personas que me rodean expresan más sobre sus experiencias y su fe, eso refuerza mi propia fe.

¿Sabía que muchas Conferencias publican una revista o un folleto en el que diferentes personas comparten sus historias? La ofrenda de hoy es para el avance de la Conferencia local, que apoya este tipo de publicaciones. Cuanto más podamos escuchar de las vidas de nuestros hermanos, menor separación habrá entre nosotros. Cuando miro la Revista Record de la Unión del Suroeste y la Revista Adventista, leo acerca de personas que trabajan juntas para organizar eventos destinados a estimular el avivamiento y la reforma. Cuando escuchamos lo que esta sucediendo en otros lugares, puede ser justo lo que necesitamos para alentar nuestro próximo paso en el ministerio. 

Puedes encontrar historias sobre nuestros miembros de la Conferencia de Texas en nuestro sitio web TexasAdventist.org. Todos Unidos, estamos hacienda una diferencia eterna, tal como lo hacemos cuando donamos a la ofrenda de la Visión de Texas.

La ofrenda Visión de Texas beneficia en tres áreas a los Adventistas de la Conferencia de Texas: financiamiento estudiantil para nuestras academias (25%), Desarrollo del Rancho de Lake Whitney (50%) y compra de edificios para Iglesias o escuelas (25%). 

Gracias por donar generosamente y así continuar con más historias en la Conferencia de Texas.

* https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-realworldcomm/chapter/6-4-self-disclosure-and-interpersonal-communication/

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