The Christmas Joy Offering is one way we join together as Presbyterians. We join together to meet the needs of vulnerable people we might not be able to meet as individuals or as single congregations. We realize that conditions, time and space might be impeding factors that limits our being able to meet face to face with those who need the support that our gifts provide, but we are very much still together in spirit and love. The Christmas Joy Offering is the gift we share that connect us and changes lives. $1.3 million of the 2019 offering through help from the Assistance Program of the Board of Pension is currently being used to support church workers and their families who experience critical financial needs. $1.1.millions of the 2019 gift, supports the education and leadership development of minority students, is currently being used to support young people attending Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Presbyterian Pan American School, Kingsville, Texas; Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Christmas Joy Offering, taken during the Advent Season, shows us the power and importance of being together, or “being with.” The Christmas Joy Offering is a witness to the whole Church, gathered in buildings or connected home to home, member to member, sharing what we have together. We thank God for being “with us” through the gift of Jesus Christ and for joining us together as the Church.
Let Us Pray
God, we are your Church, together. Because of your son Jesus we are brought together to serve those who lead your Church but find themselves in need. And we are brought together with Presbyterian-related schools and colleges equipping communities of color, who have the potential to lead your church and the world in the future. In the name of the Christ, Emmanuel we pray. Amen
The website link and USPS mail are available for donations to the Christmas Joy Offering the entire month of December. Should you send by USPS mail, please write Christmas Joy Offering on the memo line.
Please give generously, for “if we all do a little-together-it adds up to a lot.
Elder Alice Moore
