November Newsletter 2014: The Pony Express is Coming

From the Pastor's Pen

Our church’s PONY EXPRESS “RUN” will start Sunday, November 9.

Shortly thereafter, a fellow member will deliver to you a SPECIAL

SADDLEBAG containing “CHURCH MAIL”.

Here’s All You Need To Do:

1. Lift the saddlebag flap.  Remove from the pouch the stewardship reading material you will find there.  Reflect on the message it contains.  Then, return this printed matter to the same pouch.

2. Next, remove from this pouch the envelope bearing your name.  Inside you will find an “ESTIMATE OF GIVING” CARD for you and other family members.  Fill in the amount of the tithes and offerings you expect to present to God through your church during the coming year.  Seal the card securely in the envelope and place it in the pouch on the other side of the bag.

3. Now – and extremely important – complete your part of the RUN by quickly relaying the saddlebag of CHURCH MAIL to the next family on the Route List in the see-through window.  Please phone ahead to make sure they are home.  Please make every effort to complete your part of the RUN within 24 hours after you receive the saddlebag…and sooner if possible!  DO NOT JUST LEAVE THE BAG.

4. After you have “delivered the mail”, immediately call the “TRAIL BOSS” whose name and phone number are at the bottom of the Route List.  Tell the Trail Boss that you have just completed your part of the RUN.  (If your Trail Boss does not hear from you within one day, he or she will be phoning you.)

IS IT AS SIMPLE AS IT SOUNDS?

Yes.  And it will be highly effective IF you and our other members keep our Church Mail moving along on schedule.  Like the early day riders of the Pony Express, the success of our church’s relay effort depends on the dedication, commitment, and teamwork of every person.  And – as a key member of our team – we’re counting on you!