“Moving as a group, planting trees, cleaning up the environment…these things allow us to talk to each other, and other people while we work. This puts meaning to our lives and the lives of people with whom we share conversation.” --Rich
Service Church is a monthly activity at Echoes. We look for ways to give back to our local community, often by helping other groups with environmental stewardship. Caring for the land or “our natural home” as our mission statement names it, is one of the crucial ways that Echoes continues to build and maintain connection to the place in which we live.
Service puts the emphasis of the church and its congregation back into the world. Service allows us to share our gifts and talents with the whole community. Service is God’s call to us to “love your neighbor as you love yourself.”
On this last day of giving, consider how you have been of service to others in your own life: in your daily work, the people with which you interact, the way you care and greet the animals (domestic and wild) around you. You probably serve in more ways than you realize.
Please help Echoes continue the important work of giving back in the new year. Your donation is tax-deductible. With your gifts, we continue to serve our community well beyond our own front door.