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		<title>Giving away the church&#8217;s budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Most regular churches spend a large portion of their budget, about 85% in many cases, on their building, utilities, and payroll, and most are good churches seeking to do God&#8217;s Will. The last building based church I pastored had a $900,000 annual budget. Just suppose that church decided to start giving all that money away, [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Most regular churches spend a large portion of their budget, about 85% in many cases, on their building, utilities, and payroll, and most are good churches seeking to do God&#8217;s Will. The last building based church I pastored had a $900,000 annual budget. Just suppose that church decided to start <u>giving all that money away, <strong>through the hands of its members</strong>, every week as it came in&#8230;thats $17,307.69 per week!</u></p>
<p><strong>Imagine the picture:</strong> people come to worship, give their offerings at some point&#8230;.then perhaps after the sermon&#8230;<u>a booth is opened for folks to come by and get a $100 church check to help pay their co-workers rent, or provide food for a single Mom and her family, or pay the medical bill of a shut-in senior adult, or 170 other ways to be Christ&#8217;s Hands in their world.</u> Then next Sunday repeat the process&#8230;another 173 checks go out though members hands&#8230;.over and over for 52 weeks.</p>
<p><strong>Ponder the impact:</strong><br />
1. What would this cause in the <u>community</u> around the church?<br />
2. What would it cause in the <u>hearts of the members</u>?<br />
3. What would the <u>teens and children learn</u>, like, or dislike about this kind of &#8220;church&#8221; life&#8230;would they get-into-it? Would it impact their future Christian lives?<br />
4. What would the <u>Pastor and staff members</u> think about it, way down deep, as truly God-called persons?</p>
<p><strong>WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN?<br />
What&#8217;s your first step?<br />
What are you waiting on?</strong></p>
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		<title>Welcome</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you taken the time to read The Green Church book? What are your initial thoughts?]]></description>
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