The Arrival

The Arrival
www.increasechristmas.org

For over 2000 years, many Christians have celebrated advent in anticipation of the arrival of Jesus Christ. When Jesus arrived on Earth, He brought gifts from Heaven:
                            
He was sent to bring...
                Good News to the poor.
                Freedom to the captives and to the oppressed.
                Recovery of sight to the blind.
                Proclamation of the year of the Lord's favor.
 
He still brings these gifts today, in unusual and unexpected ways and He invites us to join this revolution. Who better to partner with Jesus on this dangerous assignment than the Church? What better time to join than Christmas?

 Join the Revolution
This Christmas marks an opportunity for you to join Jesus in something revolutionary. Something that could perhaps establish a joyful tradition in Christmases to come. Something that challenges a consumer-driven response to Christmas by responding in the most unassuming way.

 Increase Christmas
Consider joining the conspiracy with Christ… and give gifts that respond to devastation; gifts that grant freedom to the oppressed; and gifts that transform the world with the best news of all time.

Welcome to The Arrival:

$10 provides...

  • 1 winter coat for an orphan in Tajikistan
  • 5 hot meals for a local homeless person at the Everett Gospel Mission
  • 7 chickens to provide nutrition and supplemental income to an impoverished third-world family

$20 provides...

  • 1 gift from a local foster child’s wish list
  • 2 musical instruments for Emerson Elementary School’s music education
  • 1,100  multivitamins for a medical clinic outreach in rural Cambodia

 $35 provides...

  • 1 month scholarship for an at-risk student to receive dinner & after school tutoring with Casino Road Ministries
  • Clothing and shoes for a Lowell Elementary School student in transition
  • 12 meals for runaway children living on the streets in Almaty, Kazakhstan

 $50 provides...

  • 1 Christmas meal for a local family in need from the Everett Food Bank
  • 3 AIDS infected children in Africa will receive food, water, shelter, education and medical treatment   
  • 1 sixty pound bag of rice to feed 60 children in Tajikistan

 $75 provides...

  • 1 partial scholarship to help a local low-income student attend a New Life youth summer camp
  • 12 fruit trees for a family in El Salvador to start an orchard, providing nutrition and income
  • Resources for disaster relief for 13 flooded orphan homes in Cambodia, including provisions for food, shelter & livestock

$100 provides...

  • 1 small business loan for a mother in a developing country to provide income for her family
  • 1 bike for a village outreach leader in Bangladesh to be able to care for people
  • 400 vaccinations against major preventable diseases for children in Bangladesh

$500 provides...

  • 1 dairy cow to provide nutrition for a family in Haiti
  • Tilapia seed stock and feed to create a self-sustaining food supply at a Cambodian orphan home

$2000 provides...

  • 1 set of solar panels to make a Cambodian orphan home energy-independent & redirect fuel costs towards education

To give toward this extraordinary effort, visit www.increasechristmas.org or pick up a list in the New Life Courtyard and plan to give Sunday, December 20.