in the last couple of months, i have gotten to know that a local dallas pastor is currently unemployed and looking for a place to serve. he has a family to take care of, and a couple of pretty expensive medicines to keep in stock. they had only planned on being without work for around three months, and next month marks that goal, so i am assuming that the money they had set aside is starting to disappear, especially with the texas summer heat finally kicking in.
at work, we use a great t-shirt vendor, and i thought, “hmmm…who do i know that is better at BEING the church than anyone else?”
i instantly thought of you guys. you helped chris and i pay to get our car fixed (she is still running like a dream). you helped matt and 100 other people go to mexico on mission. you helped crystal go to south africa on mission. you helped us go to scotland on mission.
so, it is my honor to present to you the below t-shirt. it is simple. and so should being the church.
after the cost of printing/shipping, give or take, the profit from each shirt will be around $10. (*they’re $15 + s/h). i want to give every one of those dollars to this pastor and his family on august 5. i happen to know he is filling in and teaching for his pastor on this sunday and was planning on driving down to his neck of the woods and think it would be a huge blessing to him, his wife, and son. i know they’ve been hurt by so many people in the church before, that this would be literally a monumental moment of restoration.
here’s how it works. buy a shirt (or two, or however many it will let you) below. i will stop taking orders on august 3 and give the orders to our vendor on august 6. usually it takes about a week for him to print them, and then i’ll end up mailing them out to you guys around august 13. i’ll write a check to the pastor and drive it down to the church he will be preaching at on sunday, august 5. you can use paypal or any major credit/check card.
feel free to spread the word about this too. i really want to knock the socks off this pastor and his family. *BTW, some of you may know of whom I speak…please do not mention their names, suggest anything below, or talk to them about this. Thanks.
(Shirt orders are over – but if you would like to donate to this family please send your donation to my PayPal Account – girlnamedanne@gmail.com!)
I’ll take a couple.
Now…how do I pay? And also, what is the final cost? $10 or is that the profit from the shirt?
This is a great idea, Anne. WTG!
Click buy now. It will walk you through the rest. They’re 15 bucks + shipping which I think is 4.95. Dang post office. :)
Anne,
Any fat kid love with these shirts? Can you do them in XXL?
Heck yes! :) Go ahead and get the XL but in the notes/encouragement section put XXL and I’ll make sure we get you hooked up. Thanks so much, Jeremy!
Ahh…buy now. You would THINK that I would see that. Problem is…it doesn’t show up in the feed. For your RSS readers you may want to direct them to the original post. Just a friendly suggestion from your *much* dumber friend.
RSS feed hopefully fixed :) thanks!!! we’ve had a few orders already! woot!
Ordered. And promoted. Thanks for giving us the chance to bless someone else.
done, glad to help =)
Sweet idea Anne…
I think you need to be selling these shirts, Anne. SHEESH.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Religious-Get-Right-With-GOD-White-T-shirt-S-M_W0QQitemZ160139922230QQihZ006QQcategoryZ63868QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
:)
does it say anything on the back?
you are such a kind person, anne.
there’s nothing on the back – that saves about $2-3 that will go to the family instead.
Hey Anne,
I want to buy three t-shirts in different sizes. How can I do that without being charged three times for shipping and handling? (You know, have ‘em all shipped in the same box…)
Will you ship a few to Canada??
D-
To buy shirts in separate sizes, go ahead and choose one of the sizes you want, but enter the TOTAL quantity you want. In the notes section, please put how many of each size you’d like!
(Ex: You want 1 S, 2 M & 1 L) – pick small and 4. Then just break it down for me in the notes.
Hope –
I will ship world wide!! If you are not in the USA or Canada please let me know and I will have to look up how much it will cost to ship your way.
Thanks everyone!!! I am so excited!!!
Anne,
What a great idea. I will pass this on to my youth group and see if they want to be a part of helping out their fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.
Blessings – this is awesome!!
Very cool Anne. Got me one and I will promote it on my blog as well. I still don’t get much blog traffic but I’ll send out an email too. Great idea!
sweet.
does this mean that picture of me leaping from your couch was for no reason?
Anne,
This is TREMENDOUS! I don’t get much blog traffic (I’m a real rookie at blogging) but I’ll post the link on it and on our church website.
they don’t have double extra fat!
Done. And even though I’ll be down to the XL by December (God bless diabetes), I did leave the message for, as Larry calls it, “the double extra fat.” =)
i am still waiting for that picture of me leaping from your couch…. haha…
can you send it to me?