Mortgage Burning

[Mike Wooldridge]

Ft. Worth, TX Northside CotN has paid off the mortgage on the property and will burn the mortgage in a special Sunday morning service.
That brings up a question. Which do you feel is better; to have debt-free church property or to have an ongoing building program that's the sign of a growing church?

[Anne and Dwayne Hood]

That is not always a sign of a growing church. Some pastors loved to build. Dwayne did, but I hate to see a church get deep in debt, and then the pastor "walks off" and leaves a struggling church with the debt. My opinion.

[Mark Bolerjack]

Mike,
Congrats to Northside! I remember well the old property from my days growing up in Ft Worth.

btw, It's been a week. You can remove that "ugly" avatar now!!!

[Mike Wooldridge]

Mike,
It's been a week. You can remove that "ugly" avatar now!!!
Done!

[Hal Paul]

Double Congratulations Mike first for the mortgage burning and also for your 2308th post. With this post you passed Dave McClung and are now ranked 12th for total posts on NazNet.

[Mike Wooldridge]

Northside held our mortgage burning today. The property is debt-free and valued at approximately $3.3 million.
Pictured (L to R)
Dan Smith, former board member; Dr. Charles Jones, West Texas District Superintendant; Rev. Clifton Wooldridge, Pastor Emeritus; Rev. Ron Schoenfeldt, Senior Pastor; Henry Jeffries, Mayor, Watauga, TX; Mark Wooldridge, former board member and treasurer

[Hans Deventer]

Double Congratulations Mike first for the mortgage burning and also for your 2308th post. With this post you passed Dave McClung and are now ranked 12th for total posts on NazNet.

But he's still the proud leader in another statistic, the number of average posts per day!

Mike Wooldridge - 23.00
Ryan Scott - 15.27
Jamie Wayne - 12.84
Robin Hatcher - 8.99
Joanne Vergin - 8.60
Hans Deventer - 7.19
Gina Stevenson - 6.42
Glenda Harvey - 6.37
Ian Gentles - 5.83
Barbara Moulton - 4.79

[Mike Wooldridge]

Double Congratulations Mike first for the mortgage burning and also for your 2308th post. With this post you passed Dave McClung and are now ranked 12th for total posts on NazNet.
WooHoo, time for a NazNap! :fun07

[Hal Paul]

But he's still the proud leader in another statistic, the number of average posts per day!

Mike Wooldridge - 23.00
Ryan Scott - 15.27
Jamie Wayne - 12.84
Robin Hatcher - 8.99
Joanne Vergin - 8.60
Hans Deventer - 7.19
Gina Stevenson - 6.42
Glenda Harvey - 6.37
Ian Gentles - 5.83
Barbara Moulton - 4.79

At that rate, in another 3 months or so he should be on top of the most post's list, so you'd better watch your back Hans.:basic03

[Mike Wooldridge]

At that rate, in another 3 months or so he should be on top of the most post's list, so you'd better watch your back Hans.:basic03
Unfortunately, I start a 3 PM-Midnight shift tomorrow and will actually have to WORK most of my shift :basic04 so Hans is probably safe.

[Hans Deventer]

At that rate, in another 3 months or so he should be on top of the most post's list, so you'd better watch your back Hans.:basic03

Let me tell you a secret, I'm actually not aiming at the goal of being #1 on the most posts list. In fact, I would be happy not to be there.

[Ian Gentles]

Sorry about that shift brother, its horrid :(

[Mike Wooldridge]

_*_*_*_
Huh? Sorry Gina, you lost me. :fav03

[Terri Knoll]

lol I think Ian was saying sorry about the work shift

you guys kill me

[Gina Stevenson]

lol I think Ian was saying sorry about the work shift

you guys kill me

Wait a minute!! How did this get from mortgage burning to work shift!? When I posted, it barely had any posts in it (mine was about the 3rd one!!) UNLESS I'd had the thread open long enough that I only saw the first two, and many posted before I got mine in where I THOUGHT it was just the 3rd one!

'Think I know what happened, so ............

*** WARNING Y'ALL!! Be careful about posting something in a thread you've had open too long [I have several open at once, usually, reading now & then]. It may not FIT where it ends up, after all, when you tho't it was posted ELSEWHERE in the line-up!! Oh, boy ..............

USE ** REFRESH!! ** before posting if it's been open a bit long. :eek: :rolleyes:

***************

*** BACK AGAIN *** I guess mine was about 3rd under the PICTURE, not under the original post. However, I didn't even recall there being any earlier talk re shifts, etc, having it open on the picture to post "later" long enough to forget it wasn't the **FIRST** picture in the thread.

Again *** REFRESH *** might be a good idea, if you've let a thread sit too long before posting. It might help. ;)

[Wanda Van Winkle]

But he's still the proud leader in another statistic, the number of average posts per day!...


Now, Hans, was it really necessary to say his posts are average? ;-)

Oh, did you mean average number? LOL.

[Hans Deventer]

Now, Hans, was it really necessary to say his posts are average? ;-)

Oh, did you mean average number? LOL.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Awful. Dumb mistake. I'm sorry Mike!