- take a traditional offering (but use wooden baskets or something like that) and as we announce the offering say, "If you are a regular attender of grace umc, we'd like for you to give what you can to help us keep the well going." something like that.
- or...get a wooden box with a slot and place it by the door.
- any other ideas?
taking the offering
we started to talk about offerings at well gatherings and never finished. considering we spend money it is something we need to discuss. i think we could do one of the following:
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I personally have always liked the idea of bringing my offering to the altar. it seems like a more personal transaction or conversation with God.
This is Leah, BTW.
Good idea, Leah. I agree but some don't feel comfortable going to the altar. I like Eric's idea of a "drop box" at each door - if you go that route. Something tells me that people dig deeper when the plate passes by though...just a thought but it may not fit into this service style as much as a traditional.
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