A Tale…Wrap Up and Results

On Sunday we gathered to bring our gifts before Jesus.

The six week series, “A Tale of Two Kingdoms” came to a close.

The church was encouraged to “Spend Less to Give More” and also to give relational gifts.

Below please find the results of Sunday’s giving…

Spend Less to Give More:

$1378.00 given to the Matipane Food Project.  This means 161 days of meat and fruit for AIDS orphans.  Just over 5 months of food.  This is 16,100 meals.

$766.75 given to the Least of These.  This money gave four families Christmas and will be used in the future to support and work with individuals in Marshall.

Relational Giving:

• Adopted a family through MACS, prayed for child of this family by name.
• Paid for fuel to heat a local family’s home.
• Helped an older couple on fixed income pay for extra medication and car repairs.
• Gave toward a water project in Swaziland through Advocates for Africa’s Children.
• Adopted a family through MACS.
• Sent notes of encouragement to 60 area pastors.  Prayed for those pastors and their churches.
• In place of gifts for each other, a couple gave all they would spend on each other to food project and least of these.
• Instead of exchanging gifts at work, the office filled up a van and gave to a local family in need.
• Adopted two families in community.
• Took a van full of clothes and food to the In As Much House.
• Spent time with grandchild making cookies and candy.
• Went caroling on Christmas Eve and delivered goodies.
• Rang the Salvation Army Bell.
• Small groups supported a family.
• Went caroling with the choir.
• Sent support to Northwoods Christian Camp in the UP.
• Instead of purchasing just gifts, extended family gave money to purchase animals and items for the village our African son lives in.
• Adopted two families and gave them crib with bedding, warm clothes, children’s books, twin bed, etc.
• Connected a neighbor with a family member who both spoke Hungarian and shared time with them.
• Bought fuzzy socks and handed them out while caroling at nursing home.
• Photographed a family with children in poor health as a gift.
• Gave to the Alana Joy Foundation.
• Searched for a family which had been overlooked and adopted family.  Met family, invited them to church, and plans to follow up with them.
• Gave cookies to widower and shared faith.
• Shoveled walk for elderly gentleman.
• Spent time with a friend God had been impressing upon their heart.
• Made an international call to friends.
• Pulled multiple people out of the snow when stuck, plan to continue on.
• Shared Christmas with a family in Marshall who was having financial troubles.
• Instead of giving gifts, spent a week on vacation with family.
• Took a soup supper to local tree farm.
• Hosted a mother daughter tea.
• Made and gave cookies and fudge to neighbors.
• Gave to a local family with 10 children.
• Along with cookies and fudge, gave a gift card to a local family in need.
• Sent a donation to Heifer project to supply animals to help feed and grow food.
• Gave to a local family.