St. Mina and St. Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church

“Through wisdom is a house built and by understanding it is established” (Proverbs 24:2)

“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse”, says God, “that there may be food in My house and try Me now in this”, says the Lord of Hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of Heaven and pour out for you such blessings that there will not be room enough to receive it.” (Malachi 3:10). The Lord taught His disciples, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” (Acts 20:35). Indeed, “God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Corinthians 9:8). Blessed are the faithful people who diligently offer their tithes to the Lord and His Church, Convents and Monasteries.

From the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ: “Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.” (Mark 12: 42-44)

From the words of HH Pope Shenouda III  about the paying of tithes, “9/10 of your income + blessings from God is more than your full income without blessing.  If we are able to give, we will say to the Lord, ‘ O Lord, Out of Your Hands we have given You.’ We offer you thanks O Lord because You allowed us to give.”  

Our Dearest Congregation  members,

Through the supplications of the Holy Virgin Mary the mother of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the patron saints of our church St Mina and St Abanoub and your prayers, the work on building our new church has started.  It is expected that the completion of our new church will be end of February 2010. Bruns, General Contractors, Inc, put forward a specified schedule of the work and the church will be paying the contractors after the completion of each section of the work.  The board of Deacons, therefore, ask you to start paying your pledged commitment to the new project.  In order to have the project completed on time and without penalty of delay in payments, it is necessary for the church to pay the bills received from the contractors on time.