As the old carol says about Christmas, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.”
But when does that “time of the year” actually begin? Every year, the push toward Christmas seems to come earlier and earlier. Before the fall leaves hit the ground, we see Christmas trees revealed in all their glory through shop windows. By now, children are making their Christmas lists and lots of people have already started hanging lights and buying gifts. Even though Christmas is still two months away, they’ve started preparing. Have you?
The real question is whether you’ve started preparing for your Christmas offering. Have you decided to do one, set the kickoff date, and settled on your causes? Now, I know what you may be thinking: People’s wallets are already stretched too thin. Christmas is just not the best time of year to ask people to give more to the church, right?
But I’ve found that by planning in the fall for an end-of-the-year Christmas offering, you can create an opportunity for incredible blessing.
A Christmas offering is, by definition, a special offering given during a set period of time around Christmas that encourages people to give over and above their regular tithes and offerings.
[bctt tweet=”But I’ve found that by planning in the fall for an end-of-the-year Christmas offering, you can create an opportunity for incredible blessing.” username=”nelsonsearcy”]Ever wonder why the Salvation Army chooses the Christmas season as the time to stand outside, ring their bells, and ask people to drop money into the little red bucket? Because they understand that people want to give at Christmas.
So how much money can you expect to raise through a Christmas offering? If you’re willing to put some time and energy into creating a plan now for your Christmas offering, you’ll be able to raise two to five times your weekly offering, or even more!
[bctt tweet=”A Christmas offering is a special offering given during a set period of time around Christmas that encourages people to give over and above their regular tithes and offerings.” username=”nelsonsearcy”]Ready to plan your Christmas offering and raise two to five times your weekly offering?
Incorporate these lessons and those from my Revised & Updated resource, How to Plan and Conduct an Effective Christmas Offering.
Over 90% of my coaching alumni do a Christmas Offering and raise on average one “extra month” of giving at the end of the year — imagine an extra month’s worth of giving to support missions, expansion and Kingdom initiatives! This one resource will pay for itself 16 times to 300 times depending on the goal that you set.
Your partner in ministry,
Nelson
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