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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $146 per month to support Vacation Bible School.

2 Corinthians 8:1-9

We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that has been granted to the churches of Macedonia; for during a severe ordeal of affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For, as I can testify, they voluntarily gave according to their means, and even beyond their means, begging us earnestly for the privilege of sharing in this ministry to the saints— and this, not merely as we expected; they gave themselves first to the Lord and, by the will of God, to us, so that we might urge Titus that, as he had already made a beginning, so he should also complete this generous undertaking among you.

Now as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmost eagerness, and in our love for you—so we want you to excel also in this generous undertaking. I do not say this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love against the earnestness of others. For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

(Paul commends the Macedonian churches for their spontaneous, generous giving, in spite of their limited means)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $308 per month to materials for Sunday School programs for children.

Mark 12:41-44

He sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”

(the poor widow gave two coins)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $250 per month to support the LOGOS After-School Program.

Luke 12:16-21

Then he told them a parable: “The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’ Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, ‘Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”

(the rich cannot buy God's favor; recognize material good for what they are)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $333 per month to support Christian Education Camps and Conferences.

Acts 2:44,45

All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.

(give to believers as they have need)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $71 per month to support Adult Christian Education Programs.

Deuteronomy 14:28,29

Every third year you shall bring out the full tithe of your produce for that year, and store it within your towns; the Levites, because they have no allotment or inheritance with you, as well as the resident aliens, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work that you undertake.

(aliens, orphans and widows should be cared for by people of God, through their generous giving)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $63 per month to support Iraq Peacemaking.

Matthew 6:1-4

“Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”

(Give with the right motives, not calling attention to yourself for your good deed.)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church 2008 budget includes $250 per month to support college student stipends in El Salvador.

2 Corinthians 9:6

The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

(when we give generously, God repays us in like manner)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $333 per month to support the community of Nuevo Calvario in El Salvador.

Luke 10:33-35

But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.’

(the good Samaritan provides an example of generosity)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $83 per month to support global Peacemaking.

Proverbs 11:24,25

Some give freely, yet grow all the richer;

others withhold what is due, and only suffer want.

A generous person will be enriched,

and one who gives water will get water.

(a generous giver will prosper)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $1,387 per month to support education in Los Talpetates, El Salvador.

Deuteronomy 15:7-10

If there is among you anyone in need, a member of your community in any of your towns within the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your needy neighbor. You should rather open your hand, willingly lending enough to meet the need, whatever it may be. Be careful that you do not entertain a mean thought, thinking, “The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,” and therefore view your needy neighbor with hostility and give nothing; your neighbor might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt. Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.

(give generously to those in need)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $167 per month to support local Peacemaking.

Psalm 37:21

The wicked borrow, and do not pay back, but the righteous are generous and keep giving

(generous giving is a mark of righteousness)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $42 per month to support Peacemaking Conferences.

1 Corinthians 4:2

Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.

(Paul exhorted those being trusted to prove themselves faithful)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $21 per month to support Trinity's Disaster Response Team.

Psalm 50:10-12

For every wild animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.

I know all the birds of the air, and all that moves in the field is mine.

“If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all that is in it is mine.

 (God created, knows and owns everything that exists)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $71 per month to support Jane Daniels and her missionary work in Bolivia.

Psalm 24:1,2

The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it;

for he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the rivers.

(Everything belongs to God)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $500 per month to support VIDA and its programs for Topeka's Latino community.

1 Chronicles 29:14-18

“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to make this freewill offering? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. For we are aliens and transients before you, as were all our ancestors; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope. O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own. I know, my God, that you search the heart, and take pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you. O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of your people, and direct their hearts toward you.

(everything is God's; we watch over it on earth)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $125 per month to support Trinity's mission trips and events.

Genesis 14:17-24

After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). And King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of God Most High. He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him one tenth of everything.

Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the persons, but take the goods for yourself.” But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the Lord, God Most High, maker of heaven and earth, that I would not take a thread or a sandal-thong or anything that is yours, so that you might not say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’ I will take nothing but what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their share.”

(Abraham acknowledged that his victory spoils were a gift from God)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $42 per month to support the Latch-Keyboard Program and its after-school music program.

James 1:10

and the rich in being brought low, because the rich will disappear like a flower in the field.

(the rich are lowly in position; their only hope is in God)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2008 budget includes $42 per month to support the capital budget of Heartland Presbyterian Center.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.

(God remembers our good efforts to help others)