Houston Northwest Church's College and Young Singles - Treasure Principle Page
So, what's this about? Recently, following a service where the Parable of the Talents was preached, our church gave each family a twenty dollar bill and challenged us to multiply that amount by March 27th, 2011. The College and Young Singles group at our church has taken up that challenge.
How can you help? We've used some of the money we were given to setup this website. You can help us by clicking on the Donate button below and donating at least one dollar to our effort. All money collected will go into our church's general fund. Our church's belief statement can be found here.
To thank you for your donation FOUR random drawings will be held following March 27, and a $25 dollar iTunes gift certificate will be sent to each of the four winners. To make sure you're in the drawing, please sign the guestbook below following your donation.
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If you have any questions feel free to email us.
The Parable of the Talents
For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.
To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away.
He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more.
So also he who had the two talents made two talents more.
But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money.
Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.’
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’
And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’
But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ - Matthew 25:14-30 (ESV)