A North Carolina church received an 18 cent offering that was worth much more
A church in North Carolina received an offering that reminded the congregation why they come together to serve their community.
Pastor Patrick Hamrick of the First United Methodist Church in Charlotte said after their Sunday service, a group of counters processed the money that was offered that day. The secretary called Hamrick over to look at an unusual donation: One dime, a nickel, and three cents, inside an envelope. Written on the envelope was a note that read, "Please don't be mad. I don't have much. I'm homeless. God bless."
Every Sunday, the church feeds the homeless as part of their "Muffin Ministry," and it's likely the man ate breakfast there that morning. Hamrick found out the identity of the man and let him know that the community would love to help him, but he chose to remain anonymous. "He asked me to keep it between me, God, and the church," Hamrick told ABC News. "He's not upset about it, he just feels that he wants to be private." The fact that he decided to give something back to the church meant the world to Hamrick and his congregation. "It warmed our hearts because proportionally that gift could be an average middle class person giving $1,000," he said. "I feel like he gave everything he had that morning."
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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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