Shared Hopeful Gifts 2024
Make a difference this Christmas
Locally and globally!
Shared Hopeful Gifts harness the power of togetherness, increasing our collective impact. Your congregation can choose a gift that will support the global Church and help bring hope and healing through the gospel. We’ve also suggested some ideas for how you might partner in your neighbourhood to make a difference locally. This Christmas, let’s make an impact together!
RESOURCES
for your church!
To help you promote your Shared Hopeful Gift project with your church, we’ve created several resources. Each project has a video, a promotional slide, and a bulletin insert that shares the story of hope of one of our project participants. Additionally, there is a download for donor ornaments that you can use with your church to display on a tree or wall as a visible representation of participation. Finally, for those who may be donating as a gift for a loved one, there is a downloadable Christmas card that they can print and send.
You can find the full suite of resources on the project pages linked below.
Donor Ornament Download
A fun way for your church to visually show participation in Shared Hopeful Gifts is through the donor ornaments! Download the file, cut them out, have participants write their name on an ornament once they’ve donated, and hang them on a tree in your church.
Christmas Card Download
If you are making a donation to your church’s Shared Hopeful Gift campaign as a gift to a loved one and want to let them know, here is a Christmas card to download, print, and send to them!
“The Hopeful Gifts Campaign has been an important part of our Advent & Christmas ministry activities for several years. Our fellowship is truly passionate about supporting ministries that are reputable, have developed relationships with the local people where they serve, and understand the gospel to be good news not just for the future but in the present. CBM is all of this and more!! Through the offering of prayers and finances, we know that God is ministering to the holistic needs of others in transformative ways. How can we claim to love Jesus if we aren’t willing to love and care for those who are made in His image?! Hopeful Gifts is a wonderful opportunity for us to do more than pray… and to be changed ourselves to more authentically reflect the love and compassion of our King.”
– Rev. Dr. Frank Trail, Whitepine Baptist Church (Riverview, NB)
Shared gifts that bring HOPE
Around the World!
Choose from one of five projects for your church to support this Christmas. Visit the links below to access videos, bulletin inserts, stories, and downloadables to share with your congregation in support of your chosen Shared Hopeful Gift.
Please Note: When donating as part of a church campaign, please include the name of your church in the “Comments” section of the donation form.
Kids at Risk
Help Provide Care for Orphans
In Rwanda, orphans and vulnerable children face challenges beyond their physical health. Your gift will go towards school fees and psychosocial support, giving these children the tools to dream of a brighter future. In turn, program graduates mentor and support younger children in need.
Poverty
Help Feed a Family for a Year
Without reliable access to nutritious food, families face significant challenges, ranging from health problems to children’s developmental delays and difficulty maintaining steady employment or education. Your gift supports initiatives across 11 countries, helping families where support is needed the most.
Build the Church
Help Equip a Pastor
When pastors are well-equipped, the entire community flourishes. For those living in remote areas, lacking financial or family support as they train, or working part-time jobs to support their own families, your gift strengthens the church by supporting pastors with training and other resources.
Crisis Response
Help Provide Care for Refugees
For refugees fleeing to Cyprus and the Greek island of Lesvos, living conditions are challenging. Your gift supports a relational ministry approach for the most vulnerable, providing more dignified access to support for hygiene, food, clothing, and other necessities. This results in an improved quality of life, positive relationships with refugee families, refugees’ increased self-confidence, and faithful witness.
Justice
Help Train a Youth Peace Ambassador
Refugees in DR Congo, deeply affected by conflict and trauma, seek peace and healing. With your gift, young peace ambassadors in local churches are being given gospel-centered training for peacemaking in refugee camps. Through this, they find their own healing, then also equip their peers and welcome them into the community.
We’d love to hear about how your church has participated in Shared Hopeful Gifts. Share your stories with us by email – communications@cbmin.org
More Hopeful Gifts
Looking for more ways to make a difference? In addition to the Shared Hopeful Gifts for your church, we invite you to explore the full Hopeful Gifts for Change gift catalogue.
By supporting Hopeful Gifts for Change, you enable victims of human trafficking in India to build brighter, more hopeful futures through rehabilitation and spiritual care. Children in Rwanda with disabilities and their caregivers can receive much-needed support and education to improve their quality of life. As the church continues to grow in the Middle East, passionate church leaders can be equipped through mentorship and training to share the gospel in their unique contexts and communities.