When you’ve done every activity and sold every product under the sun in your efforts to raise money for the church, it’s easy to feel that church fundraising has become a real chore. It seems like you’ve been doing the same things over and over again for years, and there is often a lot of work and planning involved. The next time the topic of church fundraising comes up, just consider it a blessing from God – and spread the word to members of your church, so that it may inspire them and spark new interest in participating.
Why should church fundraising be considered a blessing? Well, think about it this way; if you’re having to build a new sanctuary or expand the building in some way, it means that your church is growing – and that IS a blessing. If the 
money you need to raise is to go toward a gym for the youth or summer church camp, that again is a blessing. For one thing, you are blessed to have young children and teenagers that even come to church, and they are the future of tomorrow’s church. If you’re sending them to summer camp, they will be learning and growing in their knowledge of the Lord, which is again a blessing.
Sometimes it’s easier to get motivated when you determine what the real underlying cause is of why you are doing something. It’s no different with church fundraising, if you have a need in the church and have to raise money in order to fulfill that need, there is a blessing somewhere down deep that you may not recognize. Even when the funds you are raising are not going directly to your church but to those who are needy in the community, you are still doing God’s work.
When you really put some thought in to it, nearly any reason you would need church fundraising is because in some way you are receiving a blessing. Even when you need money in order for church members to travel around the country doing missions work, you are spreading God’s word to those who may not know that He even exists. There is a silver lining in every cloud as the old saying goes, and the same is true with church fundraising. When you or your church group starts to feel down and out about raising money and all of the work involved, direct your mind in a new direction and consider that someone is going to be blessed for your efforts.
Church fundraising has been around for decades because of necessity. The only money that usually goes in to a church 
is the regular offering when the collection plate is passed around, and this money normally isn’t used to fund missions work, a new building or summer church camp for the youth. You have to raise money some way, and if people don’t donate it out of the goodness of their hearts it’s left up to the members of the church to come up with a solution. But there again is a bright side – there are so many ways to raise money, it should never be boring or mundane!
Car washes, bake sales, multi-family yard sales, the sale of discount cards and other goods. Sure, these are things that you’ve probably done over and over again, but a little creativity will bring new ideas to the table, and a little fun and excitement for everyone. When those in your church start complaining about church fundraising, remind them that instead of a chore, it is a blessing in disguise.
Mark South
Easy Church Fundraising