This Sunday we’ll explore extravagant generosity or the fifth practice in our series on Five Practices of Fruitful Living. Bishop Robert Schnase defines extravagant generosity as “…our un-selfish willingness to share and give from all of our resources in a way that exceeds all expectations. Extravagant generosity describes lavish sharing, sacrifice, and giving in service to God and our neighbor.” Being extravagantly generous people and an extravagantly generous church is one of the ways we are the body of Christ in and for our community. The truth about us is that we have a deep-seated need to be generous, because, we are made in God’s image and God is generous. In fact, all of Creation, all there is, ever was, and ever will be is the product of the overflow of the extravagant love that exists within the community of the Trinity. Generosity is a part of the fabric of Creation. We’ll focus our time on John 3:11-17 and the invitation to mirror the generosity of God through the offering of all that we have and all that we are in response to the gift of God’s love poured out for us in Christ.