Each year, the Christmas offering supports partners in our community and around the world. And each year, we see it impact and reach people in unexpected ways.

The offering supports those who serve the community, and those who they serve. It supports people who go on mission trips, and the people they meet along the way.

It’s an investment in our city and beyond its borders. It allows us to make an impact and watch people’s lives change.

The stories we share on Sundays, at dinner group and on this blog capture a small glimpse of how God is working through people and throughout the world. Last year’s Christmas offering supported the construction of a house in Guatemala (through a partnership with Potter’s House), community programs across Hoboken (through True Mentors), North Korean refugee resettlement (through Liberty in North Korea), an orphanage in Mexico (through Casa Hogar Alegre) and many other projects that changed the lives of people in our community and around the world.

Each year, the goal is to impact more people than ever before. That’s why the Christmas offering is launching early this year, on Giving Tuesday, December 1st. Starting this Tuesday, you’ll be able to donate directly to the Christmas offering on Hoboken Grace’s online giving page and in the PushPay app. There will also be special Christmas offering envelopes available at each service in December.

The offering will specifically fund Hoboken Grace’s partnerships in 2016. Locally, those groups include but are not limited to: HOPES, the non-profit agency that provides our service space each Sunday; True Mentors, the city mentorship program led by several Hoboken Grace members; and Crossroads Community Church, a Jersey City church plant that a former Hoboken Grace intern is launching next year. Globally, we will again be partnering with LiNK, Casa Hogar and Potter’s House, all of which have their own goals and dreams for 2016. LiNK, for example, hopes to rescue and resettle 300 North Korean refugees next year.

There are many other programs and projects that Hoboken Grace would like to support as well. That’s where you come in. With your help, we can continue to love people around the world – and in our little corner of it.

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