We finally joined the church we have been going to for over a year. Really there is no big reason for not joining, mainly my husband is a Baptist and the church is Lutheran, at first we assumed we would find some reason that we could not join due to the difference, but..there isn't one.

So we took the class....free
Took the oath....free
Got our member packet....free
Got our envelopes..tecnically free BUT

If you have ever been a member or had parents a member of the church you know the envelopes I mean, one per week of the year with your name preprinted on them (or not) plus some extra envelopes for special occassions. What on earth the vast majority of people do with them I dunno, but when I was a kid they were lost within a month.

Now I have my very own box of fancy envelopes...and the very first one? An extra envelope labled 'to defray envelope costs' sigh....do these things really help anyone? Can I just turn mine back in to help defray costs? Like I don't have enough things to try and remember on Sunday mornings!