- Although more than 85% of Americans with minor children say having a will is important, 74% do not have one.
- During the spring and summer months, Americans spend an average of 3.8 hours a week working on their lawns and gardens. Nearly a third of adults feel a sense of competition in their neighborhood to have a great-looking lawn or garden.
Source: USA Today
- Because it is not often counterfeited, the one dollar bill has not been given a new look like all of the other paper money in the United States.
- The most widely used U.S. coin in circulation is the penny.
Source: Encarta
Source: 2002 North Pacific Union Statistics * The Washington Conference experienced an unusual tithe increase in 2001. The tithe giving in 2002 was closer to the norm which is reflected in the apparent decrease. A Mother’s Day Thought: The sphere of the mother may be humble; but her influence, united with the father’s, is as abiding as eternity. Next to God, the mother’s power for good is the strongest known on earth. Adventist Home, p. 240 Conference Membership 2001 tithe 2002 tithe % Increase
(-Decrease)
Alaska
3,508
2,777,432
2,956,043
6.43
Idaho
6,147
4,549,589
4,694,728
3.19
Montana
3,755
2,569,013
2,629,742
2.36
Oregon
32,345
25,675,877
26,619,494
3.68
Upper Columbia
23,098
18,452,518
18,967,042
2.79
Washington*
17,995
16,554,334
15,734,953
-4.90
Union totals
86,848
70,578,766
71,611,005
Source: 2002 North Pacific Union Statistics
* The Washington Conference experienced an unusual tithe increase in 2001. The tithe giving in 2002 was closer to the norm which is reflected in the apparent decrease.
A Mother’s Day Thought:
The sphere of the mother may be humble; but her influence, united with the father’s, is as abiding as eternity. Next to God, the mother’s power for good is the strongest known on earth. Adventist Home, p. 240
Conference
Membership
2001 tithe
2002 tithe
% Increase
(-Decrease)
Alaska
3,508
2,777,432
2,956,043
6.43
Idaho
6,147
4,549,589
4,694,728
3.19
Montana
3,755
2,569,013
2,629,742
2.36
Oregon
32,345
25,675,877
26,619,494
3.68
Upper Columbia
23,098
18,452,518
18,967,042
2.79
Washington*
17,995
16,554,334
15,734,953
-4.90
Union totals
86,848
70,578,766
71,611,005
