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in the area tell me that an average of between one and two persons
a week end up here wit�out funds and with nowhere to go.
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As Ron observes, most of these members making unwise moves are not
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malicious. They are just picking up stakes and moving without seek-
ing the proper counsel or considering the seriousness of their situa-
tion.
Please follow Ron's suggestion and mention the problem to any in your
congregation who may be contemplating a move. It is wrong for members
with inadequate funds to move with the idea in the back of their minds
that the Church will take care of them if they run into trouble.
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After counseling with a couple of financially destitute families
that have just moved into the area, the thought occurred to me
that we ought to make some kind of public statement to the effect
tha1; the Church will not be on the other end to bail them out
(us�ally from the Central Clearing Account) when members make
ill�planned moves from church area to church area. They may
leave one city with no money and no definite job and go on "fai;th."
When they get to their destination, broke, they know of no place
to turn so they call the local minister. The cases I have
observed are not malicious, just ill-planned.
This is probably more of a problem in
describe as a "transient" church, but
nationwide, it will be of little help
in here from all over the country.
Tampa which I would
unless a comment is made
since I have members moving O .
Another idea that I am trying out in my never-ending crusade to
properly administer the Central Clearing Account is that in
certain cases I am asking the requester to provide me a written
statement from Welfare as to their inability to assist the
requester.
-- Ted Herlofson, Ministerial Services