Kathy,

What did God say to do with it? :)

Perhaps just putting it away until focus is off and prayerful consideration 
and a planned out ministry useage might be best to help convince folks it 
is for good and not giving them the impression its burning a whole in the 
collection plate as it were? :) Things might seem less of an opposition 
later when it isn't so new in the church news.

Brad


At 11:50 AM 10/21/2007, you wrote:
>Hi Guys,
>Thanks for praying.  It wasn't great, but at least it's over.  The two 
>sides were supposed to present their case, one for investing in ministry 
>and the other for starting a trust fund.  Unfortunately, the person in 
>favor of starting a trust fund went first and, basically, misrepresented, 
>well, let's just say, lied, about those who want to invest in 
>ministry.  The people in favor of ministry never got to really present 
>their side at all.  We were, at least able to convince the congregation to 
>tithe on the money to a worthwhile ministry and just have them park the 
>rest in a CD to allow for further discussion.    Our people are getting 
>older.  They don't have a next generation to pass on the ministry 
>too.  The building is older and isn't up to code.  Unfortunately, these 
>kinds of discussions show the true colors of people that you still need to 
>worship with next Sunday.  I'm just praying that the Lord will continue to 
>work in the hearts of our people to get them to step out of the boat, out 
>of the comfort zone and into the adventure where Jesus is.
>Kathy



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