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 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!)
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