Jambo Jandals

I've had a few interesting conversations with people over the last month or so in relation to my churches weekly offering. I have been part of a group in the church looking at creating a yearly budget that acurately reflects income and expense. Through our group, we have tried to identify expected income through offering. An enourmous task from the outset and an interesting one to say the least. It is amazing to hear differnt peoples opinion on what an offering reflects. Is it a God given commandment to give Him exactly 10% of our Pre-Tax income? Is that an Old Testament commandment that doesn't apply to us? Should it be a donation, something we give ad-hock depending on the need or projects presented? Is it at our discretion, do we give 3% to the mission we feel ourselves aligned to, 4% to a sponsor child and 3% to our local church? I'd love some feedback on your perception of the modern day church offering and what you think it represents it today's church.

I had a call this morning from a Microsoft Engineer wanting to help me with software upgrades. Not only did this dude sound dodgy but he said he was calling from Denver, Colorado, USA. His story was far fetched and I think I heard him pedaling in the background too. Could this have been Garry?