I had a few thoughts here and there about how to get the Church cleaned up a little and in a more presentable state. Also, I am hoping to get it a little more active.
Here are some ideas I had...feel free to comment or add your own.
Devotions (Bible room)
It was once discussed that we condense the devotions into one thread to clean-up the clutter. Although this was a good idea, I think it would be better if we created a sub-forum specifically for devotions. We could also post Bible studies and topical studies here too.
They can be deleted after a certain amount of time...or left on indeterminately (or until Shadowpaw cleans out the ToO).
But at least this way, people can post as many devotions as they want, without cluttering the main church area.
Prayer requests & Praise reports (prayer closet)
As much as it helps to declutter the forum...I am not fond of the idfea of having one thread for all the prayer posts...it makes it somewhat confusing when there are several prayer requests and multiple conversation going on.
Also, I am hoping to start encouraging people to post praise reports of answered prayers, both those they posted in the FCO and those prayed for personally. As well, it would be cool to see some reports of what God is doing in our lives. (new house, new job) things that were not necessarily prayed for specifically...but are quite obviously a reasult of the Lord's intervention.
So what I would prefer to see, is another sub-forum specifically for Prayer requests & Prause reports.
Tithing
I had this idea back in February of how it would be neat if people would tithe to the FCO on their ToO monies. At this point though, I have not worked out the details of how.
I would not want people to make their tithes as a "donation" to me...because
1) I don't want the Church money and my personal money to get mixed up.
and
2) I don't want people to think that I would be doing this to increase my ToO bank account.
What I was hoping we could do is use the money as some sort of a ToO foundation, and supply grants to people for scholarships (High School diploma or Specialised diploma)...
funds needed to open factions...
funds needed to get out of jail (community service work)
And other sorts of stuff.
We can even name the foundation after Eugene & Katrina's new foundation (though the name escapes me at the moment)
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That's it for now...I'll give it a week or so, maybe less...and then present the final details to Shadowpaw for approval and to put in place.
God bless, and talk to you all soon.
