F.Y.I.

This is information that will inform you about church business. Yes, as much as I detest it, church is a business. Churches have bills to pay, salaries to pay, missionaries to support, poor people to help, countless opportunities to be a blessing to others. Since taking the leadership of this church in 2001, our summers have come and gone very smoothly. We didn't experience the summer slump that so many pastors warned me about. This year has been different. There are so many possibilities as to why this is so, fuel increases, electricity increase, sewage and water went up recently, school supplies, as well as many other hidden factors that people are concerned about. It is possible that people are using their regular church donations to offset these unwelcomed rise in prices, its possible that some people are using donation money to pay for family vacations, it could be that church donations are being used to pay on overspending on credit cards and other interest bearing accounts. This summer has helped me to re-focus on the fact that God is my source. He always has been and always will be. Faith in Him will get the job done. Knowing that God will not fail me, does not remove the responsibility of church members and family from contributing to support their local church and ministries. I just have one question for you, are you spending on yourself that which belongs to God? Something to ponder and think about.