Vocabulary List
| tithing: | Tithing refers to the commitment of voluntarily offering a percentage (generally 10%) of your income. The most frequent example is giving to your church. |
| immediate family: | Immediate family refers to parents and their children, generally living in the same household. |
| extended family: | Anyone outside the immediate family deemed to be related by ties established through birth, marriage, or friendship (such as godparents). This generally includes aunts, uncles, and cousins, as well as stepparents and siblings. |
| neighborhood community: | Those people who live within your community who engage in social activity marked by a feeling of unity but also individual participation completely willing and not forced or coerced and without loss of individuality. |
| ethnic community: | a group of people linked by common heritage. |
| spiritual community: | Those people which are connected to you through common religious beliefs and practices. |
| unknown others: | Those people who may have a need which you can fulfill even if you have no personal connection to them. An example may be giving to the poor, homeless, or helping disaster victims. |
| unconditional love: | Giving fully of oneself without regard to personal loss or gain. |
| interdependence: | to depend upon one another. |