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We had a break in. Well, a break-out. The person hid inside the church all night then left very early in the morning, setting off the alarm. It seemed nothing had been taken, then I discovered that a bucket of coins was missing. The “Change for Change” we are collecting for local charities was gone.

I was angry. I shopped in the cold and rain for that bucket! I asked people to share their change jars. On Family & Friends Gathering night, children gleefully dropped their “noisy offering” in the metal bucket. Young children – but old enough to know that money buys candy and other go...