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.
Kris
Richard