Local Church Budget
March 1, 2014
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Our Local Church Budget
A woman in Germany brought to her pastor an amount of money equivalent to ten dollars in U.S. money. She said, “In former years I have had to pay this amount for medicine, yet this year I have remained healthy. I want to show my gratitude to the Lord by giving this money to the church.” Sometime later, the woman came to him again with five dollars, explaining that many of her neighbors had suffered damage in a windstorm, but that her farm had been spared. “I now bring to the church this donation as an offering of thanks.”
The offering today is for our local church budget. There are various church needs and expenses on an ongoing basis. We would encourage each member to give generously and regularly to support this offering, which is the backbone of the church.
Thank you for your generosity. As we give, may we do so with loving, joyful hearts because of God’s generosity and goodness toward us.
A woman in Germany brought to her pastor an amount of money equivalent to ten dollars in U.S. money. She said, “In former years I have had to pay this amount for medicine, yet this year I have remained healthy. I want to show my gratitude to the Lord by giving this money to the church.” Sometime later, the woman came to him again with five dollars, explaining that many of her neighbors had suffered damage in a windstorm, but that her farm had been spared. “I now bring to the church this donation as an offering of thanks.”
The offering today is for our local church budget. There are various church needs and expenses on an ongoing basis. We would encourage each member to give generously and regularly to support this offering, which is the backbone of the church.
Thank you for your generosity. As we give, may we do so with loving, joyful hearts because of God’s generosity and goodness toward us.