Episode 89: Our church has taken up a second collection for the Hollis family every month for fourteen years and I am the one who counts it
Submitted by Marnie — Lubbock, Texas. 58. At our church, the first Sunday of every month, the plate goes around twice. The first time is the regular offering. The second time is the love offering for the Hollis family, and it does not go in the plate loose. It goes in a small white envelope, printed at the top with a little blue cross and the words FOR THE HOLLIS FAMILY, with a line underneath where you can write a note if you want to. They sit in the rack on the back of every pew, next to the visitor cards. I have been on the counting committee for fourteen years. After the last hymn, three…
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