I'd rather skip the details of why I'm asking so let's just say your pastor/reverend is retiring and the congregation is asking for contributions to his retirement fund as a farewell gift of appreciation. And let's also assume that the pastor gave a fair amount of personal spiritual guidance to you over the past few years. What's an appropriate amount to give?
As much as the good Lord lays on your heart. Pray about it and he will lead you.
That’s a question only you can answer. I agree with asking for help with an answer in prayer.
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Whatever you feel his service was worth to you and that you can afford to give. Don't go broke giving, but anything will help him.
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Reminds me of an old Baptist preacher talking before passing the offering plate. He said "don't give till it hurts...give till it feels good"I'm sure anything will be appreciated.
Originally Posted by barhamt
OK, I can see you guys are going to force me to explain why I'm asking. I don't think the answer is going to come from prayer. I'm not overly religious and don't attend church on Sunday. I would be making the donation on behalf/in memory of my dad who passed away 6 months ago. I get the impression that he and my dad knew and respected each other alot. My dad was active within the church as well as the outreach programs and the reverend was there for my dad towards the end.
10% is our weekly offering... That much again for a start...
EDIT: If it's your dads money, I'd offer more if they were as close as you say.
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We gave $25 to our parish priest's retirement and church council ended up buying him a new Ford Escape.
My pastor retired last year and the deacons had a fund raiser to buy him a new truck. They bought him a new F150 and had $11000 more to give him.
I'd go with whatever you think your dad would've given.
Wow....... and I'll be getting a plaque for the wall if I'm lucky or just a handshake at the door.
The way i see it nobody forced you to explain anything, that was your decision. The way you are talking i'm not sure you want to donate anything. Being it's for your dad i would suggest $100-$500, it's your call.
My wife is big on charitable donations. I do what I'm comfortable with but not as much as her. From my point of view it just seems ironic that someone who was "called" to spread the "good news" from the Almighty has decided it's OK to retire. Doesn't make sense to me. WTS , if I felt some connection to this minister and wanted to offer some contribution of support I would toss in a hundred and that would be fine with me.. If I was in a better financial position I might contribute more.
When we go to the casino which is extremely rare, 3 times in 7 years, we spend what we can afford to gamble which is basically 100. I look at both situations as a gamble.
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That's my goal, but I don't have a good feel for what that would be.
If that's what you've gotten from this thread then I've given the wrong impression. I'm just looking for a little advice on what's appropriate or conventional since it's an area that I'm not familiar with. I didn't want to bore people with the details but then it became apparent that people couldn't help if they couldn't see the whole picture. I intend to send at least $100 but how much more is my only question.
I'll chip in a possible solution, or at least an idea to make your own.
Let's say there are 300 members in the parish, at least partially active.
Since the "average working income" is now about $50,000/year ...
Divide $50k by 300 you get $166.67, if everyone contributed equally.
Now figure your Dad would want you to "Round it Up" ... $200.
Again, just an idea how to be consider it, at least as a parish member.
for me $100 would be a good donation for a retirement contribution, others may be in better financial shape, just feel good
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If it goes directly to him as cash, stack it up. If it goes to a fund where a bunch of other people sit around deciding how to spend it. $20
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