One Dollar More

I wanted to share with you something that we are going to try during the month of February. As most of you know we have been studying through the New Testament letters of 1,2 and 3 John. We will be wrapping up the series actually on Valentine’s Day, which is interesting since the driving force of John’s letters could be summarized in this statement: When you know the truth about Jesus you love. So as you can see, there is a love theme going on here. What we are going to do is enact the power of love on people in our community through a project called, One Dollar More.

Here is how One Dollar More is going to work. What we are going to ask is that everyone who attends our worship service put in one dollar more in the offering plate. So if you usually put in $50, put in $51—simple, right? Then what we are going to do is take the total attendance for the worship service and take out one dollar for each person attending. So, if there are 150 people attending on Sunday, we will take out $150—again, simple. We will then use that money to help someone in the community. It may be a single mom who can’t pay her heating bill. It may be an elderly woman who can’t pay rent in February. We want to show God’s love in a simple and practical way. In fact we already have a family that we are going to assist with our dollars from the offering this Sunday (February 7^th). You will learn more about them this weekend.

Okay, let’s go over this one more time. Each Sunday, during the month of February put one more dollar in the offering plate. If you don’t give anything, why not try giving four dollars during the month of February and see how God uses your money. Also, if you have kids, this is a great way to connect them with how God uses our gifts. If your kids have an allowance, encourage them give one dollar each week. If your child has never given, challenge them to do chores around the house to earn a dollar so they can put it in the offering plate each Sunday. Then each Sunday, they will see for themselves the power of giving in love.

One last thing, I need your eyes and ears in the community. If you come across a need where our, One Dollar More money can go, please contact me. You are the church and wherever you go you represent Christ and his church. If you come across a neighbor that is struggling or a co-worker that can’t make ends meet, let me know. We want to share God’s amazing love in a simple and practical way!