As a mission sowing plan what are the seeds planted, and how is God’s abundance expected, each season of the church year? Knowing that “all times are God’s seasons,” what are the sowing and reaping that constitute Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost? Stewardship that knows and shows God’s mercy at each of these times reaps a harvest of generosity that will not fail come fall–or wither during the driest summer of low church attendance and lower giving. (Photo (c) JulietPhotography, Fotolia.com)