You are about to receive a gift.
As you know, the Federal Government is preparing to send tax rebate checks to most Americans—including our members. This is a golden opportunity to offer our members a chance to share a portion of this rebate with our church's ministry.
You can share part of this gift with the church.
Attached is a sample letter developed by one of our elders for his church to send to its members. Take a look and see if this is something you would like to do with your congregation. You get to choose! Some people will respond; others will not. One thing is sure: they won't if we don't ask! So give it a try and let us know how it goes!
Most of you will soon be receiving a rebate check from the Federal Government.
Last week the Session voted to ask you to consider sharing a portion of your rebate with the church. The Session also decided that any such extra giving that is received will be used for Mission.
The Mission Committee has identified the following mission projects we would like to undertake if the funding is available:
(List here the particular projects you would fund. If you’d like to apply these gifts to your General Fund, simply change the wording above and list a few ministries your church provides.)
A tithe of your rebate check would fund all of these projects. Any amount will still move mission forward in our church.
We, the Session, earnestly thank you for considering this extra-giving opportunity.
