tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024052508755907865.post3128094370120509919..comments2023-04-10T12:01:00.266-04:00Comments on Lutherama: God's People RespondDr. Luther in the 21st Centuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721847446086170082noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024052508755907865.post-6124127595318420392007-06-13T09:17:00.000-04:002007-06-13T09:17:00.000-04:00That would be LW. Oh, I think part of it is that ...That would be LW. Oh, I think part of it is that we are maintaining a budget for a church with ~500 active members when we are down to ~350. We lost a fair number of key people when we started a mission congregation. The sudden drop has affected us poorly and has given us the disastrous mentality of remember what it was like. Part of my job with our Outreach ministries is changing that attitude.Dr. Luther in the 21st Centuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721847446086170082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024052508755907865.post-52485035544490958652007-06-12T16:09:00.000-04:002007-06-12T16:09:00.000-04:00Well...my initial laughing question would be "What...Well...my initial laughing question would be "What awful hymnal were you using before that got people to spend money hand over fist to get rid of it and get a new one?"<BR/><BR/>That probably misses the point.<BR/><BR/>People love to give to stuff that they can be proud of. The trick is to get people to walk in and notice that the lights are on, the Sunday School kids have donut holes and OJ, and homeless people are given groceries. <BR/><BR/>We tend to think that telling people that they can be proud of their stewardship is a sin. I don't know that it is Biblical to foist hyper-modesty on people. They will come up with modesty on their own because they will see their paltry gift in the light of Christ's sacrifice.<BR/><BR/>In the meantime - make everybody look up and see that the lightbulbs are on....and make them look at a couple that have burned out.<BR/><BR/>in Christ,<BR/>jWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com