1. Tell them to bring their checkbooks.

2. In some instances, what enticed these donors to open their checkbooks was the chance to rub elbows with the president.

3. Many women are using calculators to balance checkbooks, to make pattern and recipe adjustments and to figure foreign-currency conversions when traveling.

4. A stumbling block appears when we serve God generously with time and checkbooks but still withhold portions of our inner selves, signifying that we are not yet fully His!