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Comments (16)Mojo, congratulations, what a score for you!!!! Hey all, don't forget to check shopgoodwill.com for stuff. Yes you have to pay shipping but some great buys there often on many different things. And those GW folks sure pack GREAT. I've gotten several very fragile things, and good sized to boot, and the packing is just unbelievable. I love that place! Quite a few GWs around the country participate in this site, its run just like eBay is. I'm in awe of some of things donated as opposed to what I find here locally. Some REALLY good things pop up occasionally. hugs, Karen Here is a link that might be useful: shopgoodwill.com...See MoreChurch rummage sale vs. Goodwill
Comments (5)Ah, an opportunity to speak on a religious note: In church a few weekends ago, our Old Testament reading was Leviticus 19:9-18 And I was struck by this passage: Quote: (9)"When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. (10)And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God. I decided that, though I am not a farmer, this applies to me. The "gleanings" in my life are the outgrown kids' clothes, the furniture I no longer need. That I am not intended to wring every last drop of financial value from everything I have. But that I am supposed to leave the small-value things I don't need anymore, so that they can be used by those to whom their value will be larger. And THAT is why $2 for a wool suit. And that is why the idea is simply to move those things along. It's great if your church can make money from your "gleanings," but that's not God's point. He didn't tell those farmers to take the gleanings to the temple for the priests to sell, or even for the priests to eat. You're supposed to pass up the earnings potential in order to make them available to the people who so badly need them. Of course, your church rummage sale quite probably does benefit those to badly need a wool suit for $2. I know my mom's does--we were talking about this just last night. Her church (Trinity Lutheran in Des Moines) is in an economically sinking neighborhood, and its area residents who aren't members nonetheless come and buy things they like, need, etc., at a huge discount. And that is why they continue to do it, even though they don't make much money. So take what you have to the Goodwill now, and consider this to be following God's rules. Then, as the sale gets closer, and you find yourself more motivated to save it for there, you can if you'd like. What I want most for the stuff I donate is for it to end up in the hands of someone who will use it. And so I'd rather take kids' toys & clothes to the Children's Aid Society--it was too hard to swing this time around, but it's on my list. Bcs I believe they'll simply hand those clothes or toys to a kid who needs or wants them. Or they'll put the toys in the day-care centers they run, which will help them keep the centers both affordable and pleasant for the kids who need them....See MoreKids In Church
Comments (6)My little man was just past his 4th birthday when we were sitting at Mass one Sunday. When the collection plate was being passed around, he asked me in a loud voice for all to hear, "Mammy, are we playing pass the parcel?". He had the whole church chuckling! Imelda...See MoreFunny stories about church
Comments (32)When I was young, somewhere around 5 - 8 or so, I was doing something in church, maybe squirming, that displeased Dad, so he reached over and gave the lobe of my ear a substantial tweak. I made a sound of protest, rather loudly. Wrong move. Dad led me out of the church, across the lot to the church shed, built when we had horses drawing buggies, with concrete walls and a high, metal roof. I think that he took me to the far end of the shed and ministered to my legs and rear end with his belt. On the conclusion of the exercise, we were headed back into church, with my hand in Dad's, and I, embarrassed, said that I wasn't going back in there. Dad gave me a choice - back into church ... or a return to the shed. I chose to return to church (as the least unpalatable of two evils, possibly?). It was mid-June, with all of the windows in church open, and after church, Dad asked the man of the family that occupied the next pew for many years whether they'd heard any of the operation. "Every crack ... and every yell", was the reply. Ole joyful ... who made the mistake, a couple of years later, of leaning over and advising younger brother, when he began doing a similar activity in church, that he'd better stop ... or Dad would take him out to the church shed...See MoreOklaMoni
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