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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $4,500 to support college student stipends in El Salvador.

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 2009 budget includes $1,440 to support local Peacemaking.

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 2009 budget includes $1,440 to support local Peacemaking.

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)

Because of You…

Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $14,250 to support education in Los Talpetates, El Salvador.

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 2009 budget includes $480 to support Peacemaking Conferences.

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 2009 budget includes $970 to support Trinity's Disaster Response Team.

James 1:10
and therich 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 2009 budget includes $3,750 to support VIDA and its programs for Topeka's Latino community.

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)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $300 to support the Latch-Keyboard Program and its after-school music program.

1 Timothy 6:17-19

As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty, or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share, thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life.

(put your hope in God, not in your wealth)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $500 to support the capital budget of Heartland Presbyterian Center.

Luke 5:38

But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $500 to support Theological Education through Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

1 Kings 17:7-16

But after a while the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “Go now to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there; for I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” So he set out and went to Zarephath. When he came to the gate of the town, a widow was there gathering sticks; he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink.” As she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, “Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” But she said, ”As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in a jug; I am now gathering a couple of sticks, so that I may go home and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.“ Elijah said to her, ”Do not be afraid; go and do as you have said; but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterwards make something for yourself and your son. For thus says the Lord the God of Israel: The jar of meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not fail until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth.“ She went and did as Elijah said, so that she as well as he and her household ate for many days. The jar of meal was not emptied, neither did the jug of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.

(the widow of Zarephath provided food for Elijah out of her depleted reserves)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $200 to support a Seminary student.

1 Corinthians 16:2

On the first day of every week, each of you is to put aside and save whatever extra you earn, so that collections need not be taken when I come.

(provide an offering on the first day of each week)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $2,000 to support Topeka Rescue Mission and its mission to assist Topeka's needy.

Proverbs 3:9,10

Honor the Lord with your substance and with the first fruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.

(honor God with the firstfruit of your wealth)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $800 to support Marian Clinic and its mission to assist Topeka's needy.

Nehemiah 10:37-39

and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our soil, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our rural towns. And the priest, the descendant of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithes; and the Levites shall bring up a tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of the storehouse. For the people of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the storerooms where the vessels of the sanctuary are, and where the priests that minister, and the gatekeepers and the singers are. We will not neglect the house of our God.

(God gets the first share of our reapings)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $2,400 to purchase food for the lunch we prepare each month at Let's Help.

Deuteronomy 14:22,23

Set apart a tithe of all the yield of your seed that is brought in yearly from the field. In the presence of the Lord your God, in the place that he will choose as a dwelling for his name, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, your wine, and your oil, as well as the firstlings of your herd and flock, so that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.

(revere Him by offering the first tenth of your wealth)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $3,500 to support Let's Help and its mission to assist Topeka's needy.

2 Corinthians 9:12

for the rendering of this ministry not only supplies the needs of the saints but also overflows with many thanksgivings to God.

(our giving is an expression of thanks to God)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $2,400 to support Doorstep and its mission to assist Topeka's needy.

1 Corinthians 10:31

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

(giving, as in everything we do, should be done for God's glory)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $30,000 to support General Mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Leviticus 22:17-22,29

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel and say to them: When anyone of the house of Israel or of the aliens residing in Israel presents an offering, whether in payment of a vow or as a freewill offering that is offered to the Lord as a burnt offering, to be acceptable in your behalf it shall be a male without blemish, of the cattle or the sheep or the goats. You shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable in your behalf. When anyone offers a sacrifice of well-being to the Lord, in fulfillment of a vow or as a freewill offering, from the herd or from the flock, to be acceptable it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it. Anything blind, or injured, or maimed, or having a discharge or an itch or scabs and these you shall not offer to the Lord or put any of them on the altar as offerings by fire to the Lord. When you sacrifice a thanksgiving offering to the Lord, you shall sacrifice it so that it may be acceptable in your behalf.

(God deserves only the best of what we have to offer)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $25 per month to provide supplies and training for our Parish Nurse Program.

3 John 8

Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we may become co-workers with the truth.

(when full-time servants of Christ have needs, we should respond seriously)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $25 per month to provide supplies and training for our Parish Nurse Program.

3 John 8

Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we may become co-workers with the truth.

(when full-time servants of Christ have needs, we should respond seriously)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $25 per month for plants and flowers to brighten the lives of our shut-ins as part of the Deacon's Ministry of Presence.

Galatians 6:6

Those who are taught the word must share in all good things with their teacher.

(we must support those who instruct us about the Bible)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $50 per month for cards for member's birthdays, anniversaries, joys and concerns as part of the  Deacon's Ministry of Presence.

Luke 16:10

Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.

(He will only trust us with much after we prove ourselves worthy with a little)

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Trinity Presbyterian Church's 2009 budget includes $36,600 per month for all operations.

Luke 8:2,3

as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and    Joanna, the wife of Herod’s  steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many     others, who provided for them out of their resources.

(the women in Jesus' entourage were widowed, but helped finance His ministry)