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July
Look for your standing order confirmation to
come in the mail.
October
Review the materials on this Web site and begin planning
your offering promotion.
Ask the session to set a date to receive the offering.
The General Assembly recommends that the offering be received
on the Sunday before Christmas, December 23, 2007. Encourage
the session to set a giving goal that is higher than the previous
year’s giving.
Order additional promotional materials for your congregation, if needed.
Begin planning events around the theme “Good
News of Great Joy.” Choose the speakers who will give
minutes for mission. Work with the worship committee to plan
a special Christmas Joy Offering worship service as well as
a Christmas Eve candle-lighting service. Work with Christian
educators to plan the involvement of your children in the Christmas
Joy Offering Art Contest.
Plan a potluck meal at which you'll use the place
mats. This is a good time to invite a speaker for your congregation.
November
Display the Christmas Joy Offering Poster
in a prominent location.
Use the reproducible black-and-white art found in the
packet (and on the art page) in newsletters
or bulletins.
Remind the congregation about the offering and distribute
coin
boxes. Also remind members through the church newsletter
or in other mailings. Consider enclosing the brochure/envelope
in your mailings as an opportunity to contribute for those who
may be out of town on the Sunday you will be receiving the Offering.
December
Place an insert in the Sunday bulletin every week. Ask
individuals to give minutes for mission for three or four Sundays,
including the day the Offering is received. Note that the sample
minutes for mission in this promotion guide are keyed to specific
bulletin inserts and can offer thoughts to help those giving
minutes for mission.
Put offering
envelopes in the pew racks.
Use offering materials during a worship service, potluck,
or other congregational gatherings.
Use the worship resources.
Receive the Christmas Joy Offering on December 21.
January
Send in your congregation’s offering.
Send in your ideas and photos from your congregation’s
promotion to the Share-Your-Ideas page
on this site.
Send in your children’s art to the
Christmas Joy Offering art contest.
Thank your congregation for its participation
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