Ep. 3397 - First $1,000: Lutheran Pastor Sells & Ships “Consecrate” Boxes
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
In this week's First $1,000 segment, we hear from the creator of Consecrate, a subscription box for pastors and ministers. She sends more than 500 boxes out each month!
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Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
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| 0:00.0 | When you run a business, every minute counts. An accounts payable can take up way more time than it should. |
| 0:06.9 | That's why I recommend Intuit QuickBooks Bill Pay. QuickBooks Bill Pay automates your accounts payable in QuickBooks. |
| 0:13.3 | So you're not sending invoices at midnight or chasing vendors on your lunch break. |
| 0:17.1 | With QuickBooks Bill Pay, all your bills, vendor records, 1099s, financial reports, all that stuff. |
| 0:22.4 | It all lives in one simple dashboard. |
| 0:24.4 | No more manual bill entry. |
| 0:26.2 | You instantly see what's due, and you choose how and when money goes out. |
| 0:30.2 | You stay in control. |
| 0:31.8 | Spend less time on admin and more time keeping your business growing with QuickBooks Bill Pay. |
| 0:36.3 | Learn more at quickbooks.com slash bill pay. Again Learn more at QuickBooks.com slash bill pay. |
| 0:38.7 | Again, that's quickbooks.com slash bill pay. Terms apply. Money movement services are provided by |
| 0:44.3 | Intuit Payments Incorporated, licensed as a money transmitter by the New York State Department |
| 0:48.3 | of Financial Services. Lutheran Pastor sells and ships consecrate subscription boxes. |
| 1:00.6 | Welcome friends. Welcome to Saddustle School. This is one of my favorite first $1,000 |
| 1:05.0 | stories of all time. I think we actually had a throwback story from this person a while |
| 1:10.7 | back, but this is the original, or at least a remixed version of our first feature with her. |
| 1:16.1 | Her name is Ruth. She sells clergy subscription boxes, basically subscription boxes that are often purchased as gifts for clergy. |
| 1:23.9 | She has built a surprisingly sustainable business from this. At least at the time of our feature, she's sending out more than 500 boxes each month, |
| 1:30.9 | which are really great numbers for a subscription box business, especially one run by one person. |
| 1:36.6 | And I also just love the niche market of it. |
| 1:39.2 | She's like, nobody else is doing anything like this. |
| 1:41.8 | And I believe there's a market for it. |
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