"Free Collections - Ghetto Churches and Help", by Kimberly Koerber-Bauer-Koerber

Put-this-in-your-collection-plate-assorted-songs
by

TaraToms

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Found in a computer kiosk on a small turquiose piece of paper at The Main Columbus, Ohio public library:

"In your lives you must

think and act like Christ Jesus"

                           Philippians 2:5

God Loves you just the way

you are.  Don't confust God's love with the love of

People.

Have a day filled with smile.

                                 LOVE

                                      Melissa"

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Yesterday, My fiance and I went to the United Methodist Free Store, on Parsons Avenue. 

The clerk there asked "Are you shopping for yourself/"

"Yes", I responded.

I checked out with an outfit, a few small other things

AND

two old brass church collection plates.

The collection plates were well worn and looked

like they were dug out of the trash somewhere and then were donated to "The Free Store".

The collection plates looked like they may have belonged to

one of the many 'ghetto street churches'

few of which are designed to really legitmately help anyone in need.

John keeps saying that The Catholic Church is the "True" church.  I am Espicopalian, and have been all of my life.

Regardless of anything else,

I am glad that we took the Collection Plates to the scrapyard and then had

money for tobacco and a few other things.