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| Bronze Mite, c. 90 B.C. (Public Domain) |
What amounts to a modern-day widow’s mite was recently found within the collection plate at the First United Methodist Church (FUMC) of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Just as the widow’s mite (a “mite” being the “penny” of its day) in Mark 12 and Luke 21 symbolizes the giving of one’s all, so does the $ .18 that was found tucked within an envelope in that FUMC plate.
The envelope read: Please don’t be mad. I don’t have much. I’m homeless.
God Bless.
Rev. Patrick S. Hamrick of FUMC publicized the details of this mighty contribution because he wanted its anonymous donor to know that the church team was greatly “moved by the spirit in which the gift was made.”
Church officials are theorizing that the gift was made by someone who had personally benefited from FUMC’s “long-term commitment to social justice, especially ministries with homeless neighbors.”
Part of this commitment involves a "Muffin Ministry" breakfast each Sunday morning, which serves “an average of 150 chronically and intermittently homeless people.”.
Resources
http://www.wbtv.com/story/28924859/church-moved-after-homeless-person-leaves-money-note-in-collection-plate
Copyright May 1, 2015 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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