Advent 2024
Christmas Special Offering 2024
The annual Christmas Special Offering is important to the ministries of the Christian Church in Georgia because 100% of your gift stays in the Region, resourcing your congregation with vital ministries including:
Disciples Women
Disciples Men
Regional Youth Assembly
Summer Camp Programming for K-12
The Table at UGA (formerly Disciples on Campus)
Church Narrative Project
Guidance for Search and Call
Pro-Reconciliation /Anti-Racism Training
Healthy Boundaries Training
Guidance and Nurture of Clergy and Seminarians
Support for New Churches and Existing Churches
Clergy and Lay Leader Workshops
Disaster and Emergency Response Resources
The theme of this year’s offering is “God’s Love Made Visible.” Here are some tools to help you promote the Christmas Offering:
Social Media or Newsletter Graphic
Advent Devotionals
Disciples Home Missions free 2024 Advent Devotional “Don’t Be Afraid” includes prayers, reflections, and music and is available here. Advent Devotionals from previous years available here.
Phillips Theological Seminary’s free Advent Devotional is available here.
Chalice Press has a variety of Advent Devotionals for purchase here.
Kate Bowler, an author and podcaster, has several Advent Devotionals available for free here.
Luther Seminary has a regular and large print Advent Devotional, “Joy of Heaven, Here on Earth,” for free download here.
Each year Pittsburgh Theological Seminary offers a free Advent (and Lent) Devotionals and resource kits in written and audio form here.
Other Advent Resources
Check out “Faithful Families for Advent and Christmas: 100 Ways to Make the Season Sacred” here.
Global Ministries has prepared an alternative gift catalog for life-changing giving here.
National Benevolent Association is hosting a one-hour “Soulcare” on December 17 from 7:30-8:30 pm EST, hosted by NBA’s Mental Health & Wellness Director, Joselyn Spence, designed to promote wellness practices for the holiday season. Register here.
An Advent Candlelighting Liturgy for 2024 from United Methodist Church is available here.
An Advent Wreathe coloring sheet for kids from Sermons4Kids can be downloaded here.