By Phyllis Gregg
Presiding Bishopric office director

Every year, a sacred invitation invites us to pause, listen, and respond as we consider our generous response to God’s love and grace. The Generosity Cycle calls us to dwell deeply in that love and grace, to respond with courage and compassion, and to live into God’s creative abundance.

“…God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance…” (2 Corinthians 9:8 NRSVue). What would it mean to live like we believe this? To see and act with a renewed sense of divine possibility, stepping into the steady flow of divine love and blessing that moves through all creation.

October 12 through the week of November 16, you are invited to participate in the Generosity Cycle, a six-week spiritual journey of reflection, discovery, and transformation. This year’s theme, “Living in the Flow of Grace: Embracing Creative Abundance,” offers us a framework to recognize the presence of divine grace and respond with the full, vibrant generosity of our lives.

What Is the Generosity Cycle?

The Generosity Cycle is not a program. It is a journey—a sacred rhythm of receiving God’s goodness and responding through faithful, generous living. Rooted in scripture and Community of Christ’s Enduring Principles, it is a personal and communal call to engage more intentionally in the spiritual practice of generosity. Each week centers on a new dimension of this practice, guiding us into deeper alignment with God’s purposes of justice, peace, and love.

The core invitation? To move beyond scarcity-thinking and into the limitless possibilities of creative abundance.

Living the Theme: Creative Abundance

The Presiding Bishopric’s vision of creative abundance invites us to see God as a God of abundance—not just materially, but spiritually, emotionally, and relationally. Across the world, Community of Christ members already are living this vision.

In Africa, boreholes funded by the church have given hours back to women and girls, transforming time spent carrying water into education and livelihood.

In San Jose, California, a congregation turned its property into a community garden and labyrinth, embodying our Enduring Principles in tangible, healing ways.

Across the globe, small congregations are finding large ways to serve—through hospitality ministries, online outreach, mental-health support, and creative expressions of discipleship.

These are not acts of wealth. They are acts of imagination, rooted in trust that what we have is enough when we share. Something beyond our human capacity to comprehend occurs when we risk sharing in the ever-expanding flow of God’s generosity in the world. Lives are changed, and we move closer to the new community of justice and peace we seek.

You Are Invited

As the Generosity Cycle begins, we invite every disciple, congregation, group, and family to participate. Links to all resources, stories, and videos can be found on the Generosity Cycle page.

• View the video that will be provided by the Presiding Bishopric.
• Use the six-week resource for individuals, groups, and congregations provided on the website and at Herald House.
• Read the stories in Daily Bread.
• Write in a journal to track your thoughts. Share them at a link that will be provided on Community of Christ social-media pages.
• Use the worship resources provided through Herald House.
• Celebrate the final week with your family, group, or congregation by sharing stories, songs, testimonies, and a meal of abundance.

There Is Enough, if We Share

We live in a world that is searching for hope—spiritually, relationally, and economically. There is enough. Enough grace. Enough creativity. Enough love. God has gifted us with more than enough to share these blessings with the world.

The Generosity Cycle is your invitation to live that truth, illuminating the path for others.

How is the Spirit inviting you into God’s creative abundance as we envision the future together?

May your answer ripple outward as hope in action.