Music money!

As I mentioned in THIS post, our church didn't have a music ministry budget. This made things difficult when it came time to pick out new music, song books, material, etc.. because I had to either be very creative, pay for things out of my own pocket, ask the church for funds, or rely on members to cough up their own cash to cover the costs. Well, that's changing!

In our quarterly business meeting this past Wednesday, during "new business," a sweet choir member made the motion that we start designating money every month to go toward the music ministry! I knew she was going to do this because she called me before hand to discuss it. The church decided upon $50.00 a month to go toward music! I know that's not a huge amount for the mecca churches out there but for our little Baptist church it is pretty significant. Our treasurer is just going to keep the tally up on paper and when we need music related things she will issue a check and deduct the money from our funds. I was paying very close attention during the voting process to see how folks were taking to it all. I felt that overall people were in agreement, well, the vote passed so no one publicly disagreed anyways.

I would never have personally asked the church to do this because I don't want the music ministry to be centered around me. I want our church members to be as excited about it as I am and take an active participation in things. It's no secret that leadership changes in church and I'm sure there will be a day when the Lord has different plans for me and I'll have to move on. I would like to think that the music ministry could carry on without any hiccups when that day comes. The only way that would be possible is if folks take the ministry serious and are involved. I think this was a huge step towards that.