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But in the OT freewill offerings were made and feasts held to express gratitude.
Many in my ex-church took this as a hint: they would donate to the church, in excess of their tithe; they would donate to the poor, in excess of their tithe; they would set aside extra money in addition to their tithe for transportation/lodging for church observances, and use it to help people that couldn't otherwise afford to go.
At one church retreat (in the late '70s), one man handed out $10 bills to all the young church members old enough to know what to do with it but who were unemployed--teenagers, students; he did this on more than one day, so some kids got a fair amount. Another time, widows and the unemployed or severely underemployed simply found their meals were paid for when they asked for the check, or their motel bills were zeroed out when they checked out. It wasn't until months later that a rumor--true, as it turned out--circulated who their benefactor was.
Another time at a retreat we were all invited to dinner; nearly a hundred of us showed up. It wasn't clear who was paying; it turned out he wasn't there; he'd booked the restaurant, told them to keep a tab, put down a large deposit, and settled up the next day.
One time the church got a large cashier's check--5 figures--with the note to use it to help people that had never been to a retreat. We knew who sent the check, but the official response was that it was anonymous (accurate but not quite the whole story).
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