LCG: One of the great blessings of the Holy Days is that they teach us about Christ…Oops! I mean MONEY!

 

Gerald Weston admits what the Holy Days are all about in the LCG:

Greetings from Charlotte,
One great blessing of God’s Festivals is that they teach us lessons in the use of money. We learn budgeting from faithfully saving a second tithe, but there are other lessons. A lesson I learned early on was that it is okay to spend money. My parents came through the Great Depression and taught me to save, but not how to spend on myself—and that was not all bad. But guilt is removed when you save for a specific goal and spend it accordingly: “I know that nothing is better for [men] than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God” (Ecclesiastes 3:12–13). Another lesson is found in Acts 20:35: “I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” Enjoy the fruits of this past year’s labors, share with others, and have a profitable and wonderful Feast of Tabernacles!—Gerald Weston

Get behind me, Jesus! 

Dave Pack: "Could you please check your records to see if your Pentecost offering was mailed?"

There is one thing that Dave Pack values above all else and it is not Jesus and his radical message where he overturned the tables of the money-changers or as a pastor dispensing mercy and grace to those around him.  It's not even about the gospel message.  It is money. That thing that his Bible tells him is "the root of all evil" is the most important thing that occupies Dave's mind.

Imagine sitting at home and seeing this email pop up in your messages for the day:

Church Administration has given me a list of those who have missing Holy Day offerings. Your name was among them. It says that they did not receive your offering for Pentecost. Could you please check your records to see if your Pentecost offering was mailed?

There are times when Holy Day offerings are mis-categorized or brethren fail to note the nature of the offerings on their check. If you have already sent in your offering, please contact ___@rcg.org with details of the offering (i.e. check number, dollar amount,Holy Day, etc.) so that your payment record can be reconciled. If it was an oversight, or was inadvertently forgotten, it is not too late to mail your Pentecost offering to Headquarters.