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The Upside Down World, Week 5, Day 6

by David Joynt on October 13, 2017


 

1 PETER 4:10-11

 

I like the way the reformed tradition deals with resources. The emphasis is on local control and responsibility. We decide through our Session what happens to all the dollars contributed and all the hours given.  That means there is direct accountability in every area of our investment. The congregation becomes a responsible network that supports, evaluates, and directs our ministries. If we invest in unwise ways, it can’t be hidden! If we invest wisely, and establish the right mission partnerships, it can be celebrated.

 

 

How do you feel about our level of transparency at VPC?

 

 

How do you feel about our Kingdom investment strategy?

 

FAMILY TIME—

Talk about what money is—an asset that can be spent, invested, or saved.

How do we know what a good investment is?

 

Tags: accountability

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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