(AP) PORT JEFFERSON, N.Y. (Aug. 28) - A New York pastor says one of his congregants donated a winning lottery ticket worth $3 million to his church.Pastor Bertrand Crabbe of the True North Community Church in Port Jefferson says the donor, who asked to remain anonymous, donated the "Ba Da Bling" scratch-off ticket immediately after realizing he won.
Crabb says the donor said "This was why God put the ticket in his hands."
A state Lottery official said Wednesday that the independent Christian church will get a little over $100,000 a year through 2028. The amount could be higher if withheld taxes are refunded because of the church's nonprofit status.
Crabb says the 650-member church will give the first year's proceeds to other charities.
-ConcordPastor
I read this story in an airport last night and was immediately struck by the fact that this church plans to give it's first years earnings to other charities...I once worked in a Catholic parish that received a tithe from a neighboring non-Catholic church to assist us in building our handicapped ramp!
ReplyDeleteIn these days when our Catholic parishes are struggling so, I have often wondered how we would fare if we as parishes spent some time looking at the whole concept of tithing and began to tithe a percentage of our parish incomes to charities...I have heard of parishes in other parts of the country who have taken this approach to parish stewardship and it has been very successful. Just wondering....