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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I go to a presbyterian church for this exact reason.  It was the only way I could find to meet people our age, with kids our age.  We tried a few, found one where we got along with the other young adults, had similar drinking / going out / partying / staying in habits, and were immediately invited in to the friend groups.  We do lots of volunteering with them, as well as community fun things - camping trips, Hershey Park, apple picking, baking for the cold weather shelter... No regrets here.  And approx. 12% chance I believe in it LOL [/quote]

Honest question. If you guys attend church for social reason, do you tithe (offering)? Do you join/become a member?

How do other church members view the non-tithed member?

My belief is not as strong as it once was and have not been to church regularly for a long time. I had great time as member of youth/children group in a church setting and would like my children to experience the same. Not sure if I want to join a church and give tithe when I don't believe that much anymore.[/quote]

No one knows whether you're paying or not - there is no list - and AGAIN - you can try it out as long as you want, until you die if you like. No one is going to say anything. [/quote]

There may not be a published list, but the church staff and leadership knows who's pledging what.[/quote]

Explain then? Seems to me that if you are writing a check every month, the people who are in charge of depositing that money would eventually notice.

Wrong. You're clearly not Catholic. [/quote][/quote]

The doors are open to all there is no staff there take a roll call or attendance. You can donate or not, you can write a check or give cash or give items or give nothing. You can mail checks, you can submit online, you can drop in a drop box at the church, you can donate during the offertory. No one is going to "eventually notice" - however if you want to join the parish you may do so formally through the rectory - people would do this for several reasons including receiving the sacraments and or/ school or having your favorite priests responsible for your soul :) but it is not necessary.[b] People on DCUM have a very weird notion of what they think takes place at Catholic mass. It's not like anything you read here.[/b][/quote]

So, ignore this post as well?

The reason people "eventually notice"  is because it's standard business practice to know where your organization's revenue is coming from.  It would be derelict not to know.   Only cash donations would be untraceable and even then the staff counts how much they get anonymously each week in the basket.

ALso I know of churches who discourage regular cash donations on Sundays - specifically because it's not traceable and because they know that people who plan to give a certain amount every week in cash frequently drop off  their standard amount and/or don't make up for Sundays they aren't there.

CHurches love regular deductions from your bank account, because then you give even when not there and may keep giving out of guilt or forgetfulness after you've lost interest in the church.[/quote]

And how do you think any of this affects your ability to attend mass? It doesn't[/quote]

That's pp's ways of saying previous pp was accurate.[/quote]

I am PP and not, it's not accurate at all anywhere I have ever been. I am just tired of responding. [/quote]

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