Poll of the Day > What to do about the elderly and tithing?

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An elderly woman I know has been generous with her church over the years plus she always tithes 10% of her income as per the bible. I don't know what counts as income for the church but it's probably a combo of retirement, survivor benefits and SS. This kind old lady has recently had to move into a retirement home and they are very costly. Where she lives costs more than her monthly income so that she is having to draw from her savings to cover the difference and that is only going to last another year or so. Very soon her family is going to need to start kicking in to cover the difference and some members of the family are going to have a very hard time handing over money that just bounces start into a collection plate. In fact, some are already having a difficult time watching the leeching process with closed mouths.

Of course there are legal methods to deal with situations like this but who wants to fight a church, an old lady and probably other family members? Do churches every give a person a break on tithes, like if they can't afford food? Has anyone every contacted a church and gotten them to voluntarily back off? Ideally, I think it would be nice if some church leader could visit and let her off the hook easily, especially since she can no longer attend. Or am I a wide-eyed fool?
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Well she's still an adult, unless a court says she's unable to take care of her stuff there's not much that can be done

I know an old italian lady who gets visited every month by a priest from Uganda and she's probably given him thousands and thousands of dollars, like to help build a new school, and more recently to buy a motorcycle for a priest so he could drive to the school to teach

Her kids are furious
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