Many religious denominations have some kind of voluntary "tithe" they ask their members to pay. We are no different and liberally give 10% of our wages to the LDS Church. Every month, we fill out a little tithing slip, write a check and then give it to a member of the Bishopric.Even though I have gleefully assigned Jamie to handle our finances, for some reason he has put me in charge of paying our tithing every month. I have no problem with filling out the form and writing the check but tracking down the Bishopric is always a pain. My current "calling" (job) is teaching the 8-11 -year-old girls so I rarely see anyone other than my delightful tweens whose endless barrage of chatter makes me look mute.
I never thought it possible, either.
Last month, I once again objected about having to perform tithing search and rescue when Jamie is the one who attends the same meetings as the Bishopric.
"Jamie, why don't you just do it? I'm busy teaching the girls the whole time!"
"Because you need to take some financial responsibility."
"I do have financial responsibility. I am in charge of spending the money."
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Amen - it is tough. I'm in charge of all finances though.
This might be the dumbest question ever, but why do they make it hard for you to give your money? Although I hadn't been to a "real" church in a long time, I remember my childhood church trying to get everyone to do auto-bank transfers for the tithing. (but, of course, I'm the laziest person ever and love having e-payments for everything now!)
hee hee...I'm the one in charge of spending the money in my house, too!
Makes complete sense to me.
My hubby is the financial clerk so I make him give it to a member of the bishopric.
Can't you just put the check in a box or mail it in? This sounds time-consuming.
Well said Amber. Well said!
You can mail it in but that requires organization and a stamp. As far as only turning it into the Bishopric I'm sure they do that to safeguard the money so it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. I'm just in a different part of the building from everyone else!
Funny, I have that same responsibility.
AYYYYYYYYMEN!!!!!
I have that job too! I love it. Until a couple weeks ago when I started tracking EVERYTHING I spend.
it's a dirty job... but someone's gotta do it =) hehehe
We have cute little "young men" come to our door and collect it.... hmmmm... I just thought that is why they were for - maybe I'm supposed to turn it in and since I don't, they kindly come and get it. :)
I missed something? Why are you teaching 8-11 year old girls? what are you teaching? I even went back a month and can't figure it out (though I was skimming!)
and on the money - maybe it could be a joint effort?
You could let Hadley run up and give it to the Bishop during Sacrament Meeting- that might help your husband decide he can help out in the delivery part :) I teach the 11-12 year old kids which is my favorite- and I am also curious about you teaching the 8-11 year old girls- do you have that small of a group?
I have a hard time getting it turned in as well! Funny he is in the meetings and still doesn't do it. Once your in primary, it's like the outside world no longer exists!!
When I was doing the bills I would mail it. I could never remember to bring it to church. Now that I am merely the spender of money and not in charge of any of the bills I am blissfully ignorant about how it is handled. My husband is a big boy and can keep track of all that. All I care is that at the end of the year we can say that we were full tithe payers. Although for some odd reason I am the person in charge of doing the taxes. I have no idea how on earth I ended up with that one especially since I can't do anything with out a million interruptions and my husband seems to be allergic to taking both kids out of the house at the same time.
It's not easy being us.. haha (doing the spending)
I love it! I write the check, fill out the slip and give it to my husband (ward clerk). But I guess I could do it too since I talk to at least one of the Bishopric every week, usually more... joys of being the yw pres.
Just last night, as we were listening to an audio Bible teaching, Kay turned to our guest and said that the point just made was “as exciting as when ‘rett told her we didn’t have to tithe anymore!” I have some good news for you tithe payers. Don’t pay another cent of tithe! A careful study of the New Testament will clearly show that tithing is never taught as a New Testament church practice. Want to reference the Old Testament? The Old Testament tithe was a minimum of 23-1/3 percent. Ouch! We haven’t given a “tithe” since we learned the truth over a year ago (and I will add that we have been abundantly blessed!)
The New Testament totally dumps “tithing” with the simple teaching that we should give as much as we are able!
One other thought. In the Old Testament, the tithe was generally paid in produce.
(It may be a good way to dump a 1,000 pound pumpkin. Make sure you get a receipt for tax credits.)
Wow! A flash of inspiration just alighted the serf's brain. By giving the pumpkin, Jamie could write off all his growing expenses!
We share the same exact financial responsibility!
I know what you mean about the talking with 8 to 11 year old girls...it is astounding...
You crack me up girlfriend!!!
Elijah, my three year old has let both my husband and I off the hook. He has claimed it as his job to hunt down the bishopric and give them the tithing envelope. He is quite dissappointed on Sundays that we don't have tithing to pay.
So, what you have to do is convince Hadley how exciting it is to take the tithing envelope to the bishop and she'll take over the job.
I hand the envelope to my six year old right after the Sacrament mtg closing prayer and he runs up to the stand and hands it over. I highly recommend this method.
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