GIFTS OF HOPE
GIFTS OF HOPE
Our Gifts of Hope season of giving provides tangible ways for us to show God’s love to our neighbors right next door and around the world. Through packing days with our Kids & Students ministries, collections from Asbury Weekday, going on your own family shopping trips, participating with your group, or making a digital contribution, giving the gift of hope is a way we can make a big Kingdom difference as the Asbury family.
Last year in 2021, we packed 663 food boxes for families in our communities, collected 693 Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to send around the world, and raised funds for 838 Greatest Journey discipleship programs. If each Asbury family participates in at least one collection this year, we can impact well over 2,000 families!
Whether you choose to give a physical or a digital gift, we are eagerly anticipating what the Lord will do through each of our collections as we share the gift of hope.
NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 4, 2022
Madison Campus
Collection Points
Sunday Mornings
Building 2 or Building 4
Guest Services Desks
Building 4 Lower Level
for Asbury Kids only
During the Week
Building 1
Main Offices Receptionist Desk
Building 4 Lower Level
for Asbury Weekday only
Harvest Campus
Collection Points
Sunday Mornings
Lobby
During the Week
Main Office
Mon - Thurs from 10am-2pm
Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes
DUE BY NOVEMBER 20
Let a child know they aren’t forgotten and how much God loves them. Pick up a shoebox on campus, find your own, or fill one digitally with fun and practical items for kids around the world.
For physical boxes:
The Greatest Journey
DUE BY DECEMBER 4
When Samaritan’s Purse distributes shoeboxes, they are able to offer The Greatest Journey discipleship program to build on their connections with the kids and share more about the difference Jesus can make. Grab a gold Greatest Journey envelope from any Guest Services desk or receptionist desk on campus, fill it with $6 (or multiples for how many kids you’d like to impact!), and return it to the buckets at the collection points. Or, you can also give digitally to the Gifts of Hope fund!
Find out more about how kids get to know Jesus through the Greatest Journey here.
This year, you can even download a free Greatest Journey app for your kids to explore more too! Click here.
Holiday Food Boxes
DUE BY DECEMBER 4
Help provide food for families in our community this Thanksgiving and Christmas. Grab a big cardboard food box from campus and bring it back filled with items on the attached packing lists for both the Madison Campus and Harvest Campus now through December 4. If you’d like to provide a Thanksgiving meal, return your box by November 20 to make sure local families get a box by then.
Join the Delivery Team
If you’re willing to be part of the Madison or Harvest delivery teams to make sure shoeboxes get packed on the truck for the next stage of the journey, or in taking holiday food boxes before Thanksgiving or Christmas to families in our community, click here to join the team.
Participate Digitally
Not able to participate in person? You can give digitally to support all Gifts of Hope efforts. Click below to give now by selecting the Gifts of Hope fund.
SHARE YOUR STORY
While you’re packing, take pictures or video to share with us, or let us know what participating in Gifts of Hope means to you!