Transcript Strengthen the Church

Strengthen the Church
Special Mission Offering
You
Your
Church
Today
Tomorrow
Strengthen the Church
• A special
mission offering
of the
United Church
of Christ that
grows our
denominational
future by . . .
Strengthen the Church
• Funding new
congregations
This is Rev.
Susannah Davis. Her
church - Kirkwood
UCC in Georgia – is
housed in a coffee
shop in the center of
town!
Strengthen the Church
• Revitalizing existing
congregations
Here are the folks of
Beecher Memorial
UCC in New Orleans.
After Katrina left
them flooded,
displaced and
depleted, Beecher
might have called it a
day. Instead, the
Spirit moved in,
Beecher re-built and
the people returned.
Strengthen the Church
• Nurturing lay and
pastoral leaders
Strengthen the Church
• Supporting
youth and young
adult programs
How often do you get to see history in action? 17-yr old Katie
Vivona of Dover UCC in Ohio did. Katie knows the story of
Darfur and “the lost boys of Sudan.” Did she learn it from a
the evening news? No, she learned it from Manyang Mangar,
a “lost boy of Sudan,” at the UCC’s National Youth Event.
Strengthen the Church
• Funding The
God is Stillspeaking
Ministry
This is Adriana from
Journey UCC in
upstate New York.
Using a grant from
Stillspeaking,
Journey reached
60,000 people in its
largely un-churched
community by airing
ads on the radio!
Strengthen the Church
$505,552 raised in 2008.
(An increase from $480,000 in 2007)
That’s $250,000 for conferences
And $258,000 for national ministries
Strengthen the Church
Our Goal
$1,000,000 by 2011
Strengthen the Church
Strengthen the Church
Pentecost Sunday May 23, 2010
Or Mothers Day, Thanksgiving, Anniversary
Strengthen the Church
Strengthen the Church
What you can do to Spread the Love
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Give a generous contribution to
Strengthen the Church
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We will send you an envelope (May 2010)
If you haven’t given this year, you can give
on line any time through ucc.org donate
button or with envelope
(Fall 2009)
http://www.ucc.org/make-a-gift/
Strengthen the Church
What you can do to Spread the Love
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Ask your church, if it does not give
to STC, to give in 2010
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Start now to ask your church (Fall 2009)
Speak to your pastor and mission board to
ask them to receive or include STC in mission
support
(Fall 2009)
Help to organize an STC offering group in
your church
(March 2010)
Invite your fellowship group, or Adult Class to
give
(March 2010)
Challenge the Youth or Women to have
fundraiser
(March 2010)
Strengthen the Church
What you can do to Spread the Love
• If you church gives to STC, work to
double what your church gives
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Help to organize an STC offering group in your
church
(March 2010)
Use the promotion guide to encourage greater
understanding
(Apr/May 2010)
Ask to speak to the congregation to tell how
STC Spreads the Love (May 2010)
Share your commitment to give to STC
(May 2010)
Strengthen the Church
What you can do to Spread the Love
• Contact your conference minister or office
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Ask who the STC promoter/contact is for your
Conference
(Fall 2009)
Ask the STC Contact how you can help
(Fall 2009)
If there is no STC program in Conference
encourage your conference to make STC
appeal
(Fall 2009)
Volunteer to be your Conference STC Contact
(Fall 2009)
Encourage your conference to share it’s STC
story and use with Doris Powell for ucc.org/stc
page
(March 2010)
Strengthen the Church
What you can do to Spread the Love
1. Contact Doris Powell at
[email protected] to tell her what
your congregation and conference
are doing.
(April/May 2010)
Thank You!
Strengthen the Church
Special Mission Offering