This is the Sunday we launch our stewardship campaign, and we reflect on Jeremiah’s words in the 29th Chapter. He is speaking to the people of Israel who have been deported to Babylon and their total way of life in Jerusalem has been destroyed including the Holy City. False prophets are saying they will only be gone for a few years. Jeremiah, speaking on behalf of God tells the people that the exile will last 70 years, and they had better make a life for themselves. In making that life in exile – can they depend on God? Is there any reason to hope or is life hopeless? We will examine how that time in exile resembles the time we live in – post-pandemic and in a world of uncertainty, violence, and war to name a few challenges. What does the future look like in the face of climate change? Is there hope for our world and how does Crossroads United contribute to that hope?