The Ten-Cent-a-Week Envelope Plan
The following testimony from the elder of the Hamilton, Ontario, church, is worth passing on:— Some have written to the office, saying that it makes no difference whether the ten-cent-a-week envelopes are used or not, people will give just as much without them. It does make a difference. Here is an illustration. The Hamilton church from the first of August to the first of March had given but $6.49 First-day offering. This was without the envelopes. On the first Sabbath in March, the envelope plan was adopted, and in the three Sabbaths since then the offerings have amounted to $6.57—eight cents more than for the previous seven months. No one is urged to give. We have one of the children each Sabbath collect the envelopes, giving empty ones for the next Sabbath as the filled ones are handed in. Each one is so well pleased with the plan that he is wondering why it was not thought of before. They were just as willing to give last August as now, but because there was no plan, they did not give. Why do not the elders and leaders all over this conference institute some system in this matter? The people are willing to give. You will see this demonstrated when you get a system well started.