{"id":4665,"date":"2013-06-10T06:40:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T11:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=4665"},"modified":"2013-06-03T20:40:42","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T01:40:42","slug":"cwr-soup-can-story-prompted-to-give","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2013\/06\/cwr-soup-can-story-prompted-to-give\/","title":{"rendered":"CWR Soup Can Story: Prompted to Give"},"content":{"rendered":"

In response to this\u00a0Covenant Newswire story<\/a>\u00a0about CWR no longer being able to use our familiar Campbell\u2019s soup-style label, we have received a number of touching stories about how the soup cans have touched the lives of individuals, families, and churches.<\/em><\/p>\n

Below is a fun story about how the Johnson family in Saint Louis, MO, made an interesting discovery from using the soup can. <\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks for giving us the opportunity to share our experience, and for allowing us to use these cans for almost 40 years. We hope our story is an encouragement and enlightenment to all who read it.<\/p>\n

One particular time in the \u201880s we carried our little soup can banks home and made a very interesting discovery. We have since shared this observation over and over again through the years, as a testimony to how abundantly blessed we are and the need for us to share with others.<\/p>\n

Each day we were given a \u201cprompt\u201d to prepare us to give. And one day the prompt was \u201cGive a nickel for each timepiece you have.\u201d And so we thought we would grab a few nickels and that was that. But what a powerful lesson we learned from this little bank. We seriously began counting and stopped around 50.<\/p>\n

Just for fun we counted timepieces in our home today and here is our list:<\/p>\n