Articles for tag: Offering Envelopes

September 2, 2016

By Eddie Lowen “Our minister doesn”t teach on giving, at least not very directly or often.” I haven”t counted how many times staff members or elders from other churches have said something similar to me, but I”m sure the tally is approaching 50 by now. It makes me wonder. . . . During the last year, how many churches have hosted a four-week series on biblical money management that emphasizes tithing (or growing generosity) to the church? How many churches regularly offer Financial Peace University or a similar series that equips people to master their finances? How many churches have

May 26, 2013

Christian Standard

Giving & Fundraising Stewardship & Generosity

The Envelopes, Please

By Daniel Schantz I have enjoyed a lifelong romance withÂ envelopes. When I was just a boy, my preacher-fatherÂ supplied me with several boxes of leftoverÂ offering envelopes to play with. I have beenÂ in love with envelopes ever since. About the size of an index card, these littleÂ envelopes gave me much pleasure. We lived in Springfield, Ohio, at the time, the city where I was born. My cousins lived there, too, and on Saturdays we held a secret club meeting in a dusty corncrib, organized by my oldest cousin, Carol. She appointed herself president of the club, but the purpose of the