[amc] Fw: Special church collection for the military?
- From: "Ray Gingerich" <RGingerich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Austin Mennonite Church" <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 09:49:14 -0600
Friends, Message that came in this a.m. from MennoLink. Ray
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From: "David E. Ortman, Seattle, WA"
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Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: Special church collection for the military?
FR: David E. Ortman (Seattle, WA)
Assuming that Mennonites are in the 25% tax bracket and half of their
income
tax goes to military related purposes, one could estimate that Mennonites
give more to to the Pentagon each year than the 10% they may be giving to
the church.
Since April 16 is Sunday this year, perhaps there should be a special
offering in each of our Mennonite churchs in which ushers dressed up in
military uniforms come and take a special offering directly for military
purposes. Somehow mailing in checks to the IRS on April 15 seems so
impersonal.
Of course, there should be a special military war tax dedication song.
Perhaps something along the following lines:
To the tune of 118 (formerly 606):
Please take our money to be used for war.
That's what our offertory's for.
That's what our offertory's for. Please buy more guns Please buy more
tanks
Please buy more bombs And drop them from above. Please buy more guns
Please
buy more tanks Please buy more bombs And drop them from above. Praise
Cheney, Bush, and Don Rumsfeld Praise Cheney, Bush, and Don Rumsfeld
Here's
our Money, Here's our Money, Here's our Money, amen. Amen, Here's our
Money
Here's our money, Here's our money, Buy more bombs, 'cause, Here's our
money, Here's our money, Here's our money, Here's our money, amen. Amen.
Here's our money, Amen. Here's our money, Amen.
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