The check (sic) is in the mail! To ease the troubled financial situation that many Americans are facing these days, Senators and Members of Congress who make $174,000 a year have generously consented to sending $600 to everyone in the country. So what can you get for 600 bucks these days? Well, we took to the street to ask local Mennonites how they’re gong to spend their cash! (Please note that we’ve factored in a 10% tithe, so you really have just $540 to work with).

“I’m going to buy 12 copies of the new Voices Together hymnal (Large Print Edition). Some of the kids will have to share, but that’s all we can afford right now” – Diane Troyer, Lancaster, PA

“600 dollars? For that kind of money I can buy every single mismatched tea cup and saucer at the MCC Thrift Store!” – wishes to rem

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