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A blessing for a church head office

A blessing for church people who work behind the scenes. The lingo varies, but if you work for the diocese, denomination, national church, synod etc., this one’s for you!

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Funding Charity Head Office: Take a Sad Song and Make it Better

The wisdom from Beatles' lyrics to Hey Jude “take a sad song and make it better” apply to charity finances. 

I’ve heard a couple of sad songs about charities running deficits in their operating budgets. Let's start with an organization I'm intimately involved with - my family. No matter what else is going on--university, saving for a big trip, fixing the roof--we put money aside each and every month to pay the bills. You probably do too. Paying the electricity bill is not glamourous but everyone benefits from attention to that little detail.

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