Overview

With great joy we announce our new “capital campaign” called Turn Up the Flame! It won’t cost you a nickel, but it may save your life!

This campaign is an urgent request for an immediate increase in the amount of time and energy you devote to your spiritual life. Now is the time to grow closer to God, increase in virtue, and learn more about your faith and practice it better.

There is a three-year Master Plan for our Turn Up the Flame campaign.  The point of emphasis for this year is to better Learn Your Faith, next year it will be to better Practice Your Faith, and the final year it will be to better Share Your Faith.

Pledging Overview

We invite you to participate in this three-year spiritual revival which is modeled after capital campaigns, with pledges playing a key role. The pledge will be a declaration of the extra things you intend to do to grow spiritually. This is a one-year pledge, with an opportunity to pledge anew in year two and year three.

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Scriptural Significance

The Parable of the Ten Maidens (Mt 25:1-13)
“Trim your lamps” (Mt 25:7)

An oil lamp had a wick which burned brightly when it was clean,
but over time char or soot, a dark black residue, accumulated.
When a lamp was relit, the wick was trimmed,
the soot was cut away with a knife or a scissors,
so the flame would burn more brightly

The wick is a symbol for each person
the char is a symbol for the person’s sins
the cleaning of the wick is a symbol of spiritual reform
the brighter flame is a symbol of spiritual revitalization

It takes time, attention, and the proper tools to cut off the residue so the flame will burn brightly again. The wise know that this needs to be done, and act accordingly. The foolish invest no time and effort.