Evangelism. No word (other than perhaps "Stewardship" or "Passionate Spirituality") seems to evoke more discomfort among mainstream churchgoers. Yet all are crucial to the health of the Church.

In conjunction with this year's stewardship campaign we recalled how Jesus said that where our treasures are, there our hearts will be as well. It's not that our giving follows our hearts, but that our hearts will follow our giving, and that *that's* the wisdom of giving as a spiritual discipline.

I think the same applies to evangelism. It's not so much that our experience of faith calls us to evangelism (though it should), but rather that by practicing evangelism we will find our faith experience enriched!

Margaret V. and I have volunteered to kick-start CGS's Evangelism Ministry. Here's our top secret strategy:

1. we'll take action to improve CGS's visibility, along with the first-contact and follow-up experience for visitors;
2. we'll infiltrate the calendar planning meeting on January 7th;
3. we'll target a small set of events, perhaps one every other month or so, that has the potential being subverted to reach people beyond our membership;
4. we'll subtly brainwash activity organizers to match up the gifts we have to offer with the needs of the community, ever-so-slightly adjusting the "spin" of events to make the Gospel's message of welcome and service as clear as ever;
5. with statistics suggesting that there should be perhaps 20 people in this congregation with the gift of evangelism, we'll be ever-vigilant for latent evangelists, and do what we can to facilitate their coming-out.

We need your prayers, your ideas, and your help!