A Day of Offering Love

Love Offering

The first 100 days of 2008 have brought an unusual amount of sickness and tragedy to our church family, as well as our community. As a result, in comparison to past years, I have logged a lot more miles to visit folks and spent more time counseling with individuals.

Also, we have already spent almost 2/3 of our benevolence budget. However, our regular tithes and offerings have been significantly higher than last year. Our 2008 Budget appeared to be very ambitious when we adopted it at the end of last year, but the members of our church have been faithful and God has blessed.

Yesterday, we collected a love offering for two families associated with our church. While both of them have significant medical bills that we will probably not make a "dent" in, we wanted to let them know we care about them. I am told we had a wonderful response, but I don't have a total.

Meeting After Evening Worship

For about 45 minutes, the leaders of the various organizations of our church met to discuss the upcoming activities. We have a great group of folks who understand the importance of expressing love to our community.

Playground Equipment

The installation of durable and "first-class" playground equipment beside our Activities Building is a project that is nearing reality. The company is to ship the units next week. We all thought it was funny that the company promised to give us a tracking number once the equipment is placed on a truck. The truck will be loaded in Fort Payne, AL, which is less than 350 miles away. Hopefully, the driver won't get lost between here and there.