Ascension’s Advent Challenge: ELCA Good Gifts

ELCA’s Good Gifts Program is part of ELCA World Hunger, which supports churchwide ministries in 88 countries around the world. Good Gifts include God’s Global Barnyard along with other initiatives, including access to safe water, opportunities for women and children, agriculture programs, global health care, and international emergencies. 

We invite your participation in this Advent Challenge in one or more of the following ways.

• Plan to honor family or friends with a Christmas donation/gift in their name to the ELCA Good Gifts project(s) of your choice.

• Choose one or more ornaments representing God’s Global Barnyard or other program(s) from the Advent Tree beginning December 3.

• Put the ornament(s) you choose on your tree at home to remind everyone of your response to worldwide hunger needs.

• From the baskets below the tree, take the greeting card(s) that match your ornaments. Send or give those cards to the people you honor with your donation. 

• Add up the gifts you have chosen and make that total donation to Ascension via Realm (Choose “Advent Challenge”) or insert a check made out to Ascension in the envelope provided by the tree.

• If you do not wish to choose a specific good gift, an undesignated financial donation to ELCA world hunger is most welcome. 

For more information:

• Take home an ELCA Good Gifts catalog 

• Go online: www.elca.org/goodgifts