Two Temples

The youth ministry at my church recently held a spaghetti dinner fundraiser. It was good to see this tradition return after a few years of COVID restrictions. For many years, I led a team of parents and teens in this type of fundraiser that helped pay for students to go to our youth conference. One time, a girl was about to serve a plate to a gentleman, but the spaghetti and meatballs slid right off the paper plate onto a customer. He handled it graciously, but I do not think there was much of a tip given. I remember that my mom did not like seeing things sold in the church as fundraisers. She...