Hi Everyone

I want to thank Valerie for inviting me to join this group. You will have to forgive me if I am sometimes delayed in responding to, and adding, postings. My position as the Chancellor of The Saint John Catholic Church, Inc. keeps me very busy. We are an independent catholic church, not under the authority of Rome. My office is responsible for advising the Archbishop; handling all administrative matters of the church; managing domestic and international missionary operations; managing all fund-raising activities, grant-writing and businesses that generate income for our ministries; all Internet-related matters; managing our seminary, including our online, distance learning program; all banking activities of the church; and more. I also have to support myself since our clergy, like St. Paul was, are self-supporting. We don't take from the church; we give to it. I have supported myself for the past 10 years through web-marketing, mainly through niche sites. I also operate a couple of traffic exchanges, but all income from them goes to feed and educate children and youth who are the poorest of the poor in Burundi, Africa. I am happily married with 4 grown sons and 5 grandchildren. I travel a lot to Africa, Eastern Europe and within the United States on church business. Well, that's enough about me. I am happy to be a member of this group and wish everyone here God's blessing. -Rev. Dave