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Investing in eternity

Hi Guys,

There was an recent article reported that a household with an average income of less than $20,000 spent an average of $1200 on their kids prom. Under $20,000 or over $20,000, that’s a lot of money, especially for a half-eaten meal and dance where people leave after getting their photos taken. That’s a large investment in just a few hours. What’s also interesting is that is approximately the same amount of money that households making up to $50,000 give towards charity each year.

Don't get me wrong I'm not 'hating' on proms I just want to remind everyone that is a Christ-Follower and member of V.O. North Brooklyn Church that we must live a great life without neglecting the Great Commission.

Every week at our church, we have an opportunity to invest in eternity through our offering (at church or thu our online option). It might seem like we’re investing in just a few hours, but every gift we bring back to God can make an impact in eternity. I was thinking about the $1,097 and how it could be used at our church. Here’s a quick list of things I thought of ...

• It would pay for 8 teens to attend the Urban Training Center Book camp this Summer and transportation
• It would pay for a community outreach like 'Family-Fest Karaoke contest'
• It could help us put on a handball and B-Ball 3point contest in our area
• It can pay for us to produce and air a T.V Commercial
• It would pay for our Global Evangelism/Church planting 'United We Can' pledge to bring the gospel around the globe.

All of those opportunities will have a much longer impact than a night of tuxedos/dresses,limousines, dinner, and moving like Jagger. Please pray about investing today.

“No person was ever honored for what he received. He was honored for what he gave.”– Calvin Coolidge

“Remember this—you can’t serve God and Money, but you can serve God with money.”— Selwyn Hughes

“Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.”— John Wesley (1703 – 1791)

You can give online via paypal right now http://goo.gl/dVH4i

Remember that we are having a 'Making Sunday a great day' training tomorrow at the church.

Have a great week,

Pastor Ed

Victory Outreach North Brooklyn has an inspiring Service every Sunday. We meet @ 108 Manhattan ave (Beween Boerum ave & Johnson ave). We are near the L train Montrose stop, the G train Flushing stop and the J train @ flushing ave Service starts at 11am, Some people wear suits and some people come in jeans, what really matters is that you are there ready to discover (or re-discover) the difference Jesus makes www.vonorthbrooklyn.org