Offering plates are passed filled with $2.00 bills. The congregation is encouraged to take as many $2.00 bills as they would like to invest, and then six weeks later, the offering plates are again passed to collect the money. (In this church's case, money was being raised for a ministry center for community youth. $500 was taken and $6,700 returned!)
Some suggestions for using the money to increase the return:
- buy lemons to make lemonade and sell at a garage sale/lemonade stand
- buy ingredients to make cookies, candy, popcorn, etc. to sell at work and other places
- bake goodies to sell, knit dishcloths, etc.
- a teacher bought bulk candy, packaged it in small baggies and sold it to students on Fridays
This not only brings in funds, it also brings people of the church together and involves all ages.
Reverse offerings can be done with varied amounts of money, and of course, for various causes (missionaries, shelters, special projects, needed church items).
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