Greetings from Global Ministries! We are excited to invite your congregation to include information about Global Ministries Alternative Christmas opportunities in your Advent activities!

Global Ministries will send you a display,  suggested project list, and information on those projects for your Alternative Christmas giving table. We also will provide information cards for those wishing to honor someone specific with their Alternative Christmas gift. Once you set up a table with these items you are all set to go!

If your activity encourages individuals to give Alternative Christmas gifts in honor of loved ones, they may select from our   list of suggested projects for Christmas 2007, or you may develop your own list of projects from those that are posted on our website in the section  Special Projects under each geographic Mission Area. You may also call or email us for additional project ideas to support.

Each Giver should fill out an information card with her/his own information and that of the honoree and then should give you a check written to Global Ministries, with the project or projects to be supported and "Alternative Christmas" on the memo line. Givers who are unsure of the honoree's address, or who wish to present their gift to the honoree, can instead have notice of the gift sent to the giver's own address.

You as the host should collect the checks and information cards and send them directly to:

Global Ministries
Office of Resource Development
P.O. Box 1986
Indianapolis, IN 46206

After receiving your packet of checks and information cards, Global Ministries will:

• Send each honoree a beautiful 2007 Global Ministries Christmas card, sharing the name of the person who gave the gift, the gift designation, and a photo.
• Send a thank-you letter and charitable gift receipt to each shopper.

Gifts are sent in their entirety to our international partners for the designated purpose. No administrative fees are taken from gifts to Global Ministries because of the faithful giving from our churches to Our Church's Wider Mission and the Disciples Mission Fund.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call 317-713-2555 or email: 
gifts@dom.disciples.org.