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Working With Church Benevolence Requests

A church’s benevolence fund is not like a social service agency that receives grants like many non-profit community agencies. It is also not like your personal home budget and how you choose the way you dispense charitable gifts. Church members provide funds...

A Problem With The UMC

from October 27, 2017- posts about UMC It is the time of year when many churches set their budgets for the following year and conduct their stewardship campaigns. Among Methodist friends I am hearing more and more people (of the ones who have chosen to remain in local...

Cherished Gifts

From 2014…. I’m considering gifts today…..some received, some given, some valued, some cast aside. Some gifts are given that reflect the heart of the giver. Other gifts are given because they remind the giver of the heart of the receiver. Think of...
Deciding When to Help and How

Deciding When to Help and How

For family and friends Bill and I had the opportunity to assist financially on occasion. It’s hard to think how desperate people can feel at times when money is tight or non-existent. In some difficult years I, too, knew the feeling of wondering how we’d make a...
Rethinking “Benevolence”

Rethinking “Benevolence”

Adam Grant: “Generosity isn’t saying yes to every request. It’s helping when you can make a unique contribution.” “Generosity isn’t sacrificing yourself for others. It’s helping when it won’t exhaust you—and when it...