About a two weeks ago I went to get a haircut, I am sitting in the chair and begin talking to the barber (a middle aged probably 45 or 50 year old woman) about the normal stuff weather, current events and so on. Then I started asking some deeper questions like where are you from and how did you wind up here. I thought I would get the abbreviated version but….no she open the flood gates and laid it on me. This lady began her story with a loving family here in middle TN (Ashland City)...

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The Sunday the money was handed out was our first Sunday at RHCC. 

When I left church that Sunday with the dollar bill tucked in my Bible, I wondered what I was going to do with $1.  I mean it won’t even buy someone a good cup of coffee.  Then I realized what was meant by “prayerfully” deciding how to pay it forward. 

So I began to pray about it and the answer I got was that I should write a letter to my dad.  He is terminally...

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It is refreshing to see your children take action when they see opportunity. You may recall that RHCC donated a IBM laptop for a young man at MTSU who does not have a lot of financial or parental guidance at home. After moving in last weekend, my daughter went over to check on him. She found he had one pillow, one sheet, and no other bedding. His roommate took him to Best Buy while he bought a TV for himself and, while there, the Best Buy employee tried to sign the young man up...

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Saturday night my wife and I were looking at our bank account online. We had only $500 in our account, and knew that on Monday there was a withdrawal to be taken out for $470 for part of our mortgage payment. Our first response was, "No spending any money all week until we get paid on Friday." I then asked, "what about our weekly tithe?" This question went unanswered because we both knew we needed to trust in the Lord and give the 10% he wanted us to give. Simple math says our 10% plus the...

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I received $2 in my envelope. The very next day is when i paid it forward. I work for UPS. Me and several others spend 4-5 hours sometimes 6 a day in hot tractor trailer trucks. On our break time i went to the break room and took the $2 plus a couple more dollars and bought every one including my supervisor a gaterade. The trailers can get up to 120 degrees in high 90 degree weather. It doesnt take too long to dehydrate if your not careful.

One guy i work with said while...

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When I was given the responsibility of paying it forward with the $1 that I received in last week’s service, I immediately began thinking of how I could really make a difference with that one-dollar. I thought for days. I wanted to make sure that the way that I paid it forward would really mean something, be something unique. I thought of how I could double or even triple the effects of that one-dollar. The more I thought, the more the dollar sat in my wallet.

This morning...

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My wife and I took your invitation seriously. What is it with that worship? For "older people" we loved it. The art behind the words, etc made it even more special. Now we are in the thros of what to do with our gift? Do we give it away? Do we hoard it? Seems like someone said the gift would be multiplied if we just gave it away.

My wife commented to me, "Its a long time since I have been challenged like that" and I know she means it as a complement.

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I was at your service yesterday as a first time attender. My family and I recently moved from Southern California--my wife and son have been here for a year--so my son could start 7th grade here-- and I was traveling back and forth from CA. and TN.--while living in Calif most of the time for a year until I could close up our commitments there.

We have been visiting many churches in the area this past year-and have not found one that is close to the church we attended in...

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I was entrusted with $2 and I have used $1 to download a song on iTunes to share with a dear friend of mine.  The song is "Restless" by Audrey Assad and was played yesterday during service.  It pulled on my heart strings and brought this friend to my mind.  I'm printing out the lyrics and burning the song to a CD, and will use the other $1 to mail it to her :)

RHCC is a blessing!

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After recieving the $1 bill yesterday I knew what I was supposed to do with it. I am now a sponsor of a child in Moldova. I have been thinking about this for a while, and I don't know why I needed so many reminders but I have been blessed recently to give more and wanted to commit to this $35 a month to sponsor a child with JMI. I am excited to get involved more with sponsorship and knowing how I can make a difference. I think that I get overwhelmed and think that I have to make a big...

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