Went to a church service that talked about pennies...
Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 7:33 pmMy younger son and I attended a Lutheran church service in Ashland, OR. The church is kind enough to let my son's violin group practice there. http://www.siskiyouviolins.org/ Once a year, the group performs during the service as a thank you. During the service, they hold a small service for the children, and the pastor was talking about the two small copper coins that the widow gave as a lesson of generosity. He had a small cup full of pennies and started talking about them. He pulled out a couple of Canadian pennies and asked if there were any Canadians in the service and said that they could probably use them. He also pulled out some mutilated pennies that he had found in a grocery store parking lot and said that they were still worth a cent and that God looks at each looks at each one of us is like that coin, and it doesn't make a difference of how we look. He finally ended by giving each child two brand new 2015 pennies and stated that they were copper.
As you know, my younger son is not the coin collector, but on the way home from the service, I asked my son what he thought about it, and he said, "They don't use pennies in Canada anymore.." He also said mutilated pennies are worthless and new pennies are zinc. We had a nice conversation on the way back about intent of the service.
As you know, my younger son is not the coin collector, but on the way home from the service, I asked my son what he thought about it, and he said, "They don't use pennies in Canada anymore.." He also said mutilated pennies are worthless and new pennies are zinc. We had a nice conversation on the way back about intent of the service.
