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‘The Church That Needs No Money!'

The Stewardship Committee has discovered a way for our church to function without money! We just need everyone to cooperate? OK? Here's the deal......

1. Each of you need to come dressed warm enough to eliminate the necessity of heating the building. + bring a hand-fan to keep cool.

2. Each of you will need to bring a candle for lights, since there will be no electricity. Plus water and/or coffee to drink in a thermos.

3. Each of you will take turns playing the piano, since there will be no organ, and directing the choir, arrange for rehearsals and pick the music. You will also need to provide your own hymnbook and all your own sheet music.

4. Each of you will need to bring materials/tools to maintain the building. Also you need to bring a broom, bucket and dust mop to clean up. You can take all the trash and garbage home with you in your empty buckets. Shovels will be necessary for snow removal every day when it snows.

5. Each of you will need to spend time working in the church office. All bulletins and newsletters will have to be done longhand, and you'll have to bring paper and pencils.

6. Each of you will take a turn preaching (many feel they can do this as well as the preacher anyway) That turn will also include leading the service, conducting weddings, funerals, calling on members and prospects, plus taking all the criticism for that turn.

7. Each of you will be required to spend two years as a missionary at his or her own personal expense on some mission field.

8. Each of you will also need to work one month at the bank, in servitude and payment for working off the building debt. Participation levels require each of you to spend at least 10 hours a week in this kind of service in addition to normal committees and board assignments.

Then ...we can be known as "The church that needs no money!" The matter rests with you . . . will it be candles, mops, heavy coats, and sermon notes or adequate contributions required to help keep Tawas Area Presbyterian Church and its ministries thriving?

P.S. Maybe if we did all of the above PLUS giving money too! - WOW!, we would make front page news! (And the angels would sing!)

See you in church,

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