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“Freely you have received, freely give.”
M AT T H E W 1 0 : 8
Christmas is coming and our annual Mission Gifts for Christmas event is here!
Mission Gifts for Christmas enables you to give meaningful gifts
instead of giving another “thing,” by supporting God’s work locally and
internationally. Each donation you make gives two gifts: one to help a
person, family, or group of people you may not even know; the other to
honor your family, friend, teacher or co-worker.
I hope this will bring us back to the reason we exchange Christmas gifts
in the first place. We reflect the gift of grace that we have received in
Jesus Christ when we grace others at Christmastime. We remember the
worshipful gifts brought to the newborn King when we bring special gifts to
strangers or loved ones.
Through Mission Gifts for Christmas, you can be introduced to NPC
mission partners and other great organizations, be inspired to get involved
personally, and help to raise significant funds for Kingdom work. Use this
catalog to learn and pray, as well as to order gifts!
You can shop in Stone Hall on Sundays, December 7 and 14 using the
order form in the back of this booklet. (We will also have a cashier on
Sunday, December 21 for last minute shoppers.) Be sure to speak to the
representatives in each themed display area to learn about the missions
you can contribute to, and how your gift helps. You can also shop online
throughout the month of December at www.nationalpres.org/mission-gifts
May your gifts be a blessing to your loved ones, and to those in need in our
community and throughout the world. Let Christ’s light shine in you by
making Christmas different and more meaningful!
In His service,
Donna Marsh
SPREAD GOD’S WORD
TO THE WORLD
Bethlehem Bible College trains Arab Christians to serve the minority and
dwindling Christian communities in the Holy Land, while engaging in
reconciliation activities with their Jewish neighbors. Many of its students
face travel restrictions and unemployment. Examples of how your gift may
be used: educational supplies ($10); books ($25); or tuition support ($1,000
per student per year). www.bethbc.org
The College of Theology and Education in Moldova prepares Christian
men and women to serve as pastors, evangelists, Sunday school leaders
and social workers—a very great need in that region. They provide
special support to students from countries where it is difficult to receive
a Christian higher education. Examples of how your gift may be used:
educational materials ($25); room and board ($1630/yr./student); or tuition
support ($3000/yr./student). www.keyscolleges.com
The Evangelical Theological Seminary in Croatia is a flagship evangelical
school for both Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. It is dedicated
to ministries of reconciliation, evangelism and continuing humanitarian
relief in the Balkans, a region troubled by sectarian strife and still recovering
from war in the 1990s. Examples of how your gift may be used: Bible for new
believer ($7); scholarships ($3500/student) www.evtos.hr/en/
McGilvary College of Divinity in Thailand trains students for ministry
throughout Southeast Asia, where there is a desperate need for pastors.
Students come primarily from poor, rural communities. More than onethird are from tribal minorities. Example of how your gift may be used: food
assistance for underprivileged students ($40 for 1 month). www.mcd.in.th/en/
New Hope International works in Eastern Europe to equip churches to
do youth and family ministry, as well as evangelistic outreach to their
communities. Examples of how your gift may be used: Christian camp
scholarships ($85 per camper for Orphan Care Camp); Sunday school
training and materials for teachers ($32). www.newhopeinternational.org
SHARE GOD’S WORD WITH THE WORLD
Our Missionaries in the Middle East – Chris and Greg Callison minister
with the PC(USA) to Kurds but also to Christians fleeing violence.
Evangelism and discipleship for Kurds and assistance and fellowship
for Christians are central to their ministry. “The Jesus Film” has been
especially effective in outreach. The Callison’s develop relationships
through teaching English to adults and summer English Camps for
children and youth. Examples of how your gift may be used: showing of
“The Jesus Film” ($8); summer camp for 1 child ($25).
The Wycliff Linguistics Library in Burkina Faso, West Africa serves Bible
translators and researchers with 4000+ volumes, including linguistics
books, Bibles, commentaries and local anthropological and cultural
information. The Library needs updating with modern resources and
library school training for an employee. Examples of how your gift may
be used: multi-lingual on-line catalog upgrades ($200); basic supplies to
facilitate book check-out ($20), one week’s tuition to train new librarian
($40). www.wycliffe.org
Our Missionaries in Burkina Faso, West Africa – Stuart and Cathie
Showalter are NPC-supported Wycliffe missionaries living and working
in Burkina Faso. Their team has just completed translation of the New
Testament into the Kaansa language. Your gift will be used to print
copies of the brand new Kaansa New Testament for the Kaan church.
Examples of how your gift may be used: $15 for a Kaansa New Testament
www.wycliffe.org
Young Life Middle East , Holy Land Region, leads relational outreach
to Arab and Israeli Christian, Jewish, and Muslim teenagers, young
adults and families in the West Bank and Israel. They provide Christian
summer camps and teen clubs with fellowship and a Christ-centered
message, including one club for the mentally and physically disabled.
They share the love of Christ across the cultural, religious and ethnic
boundaries of this troubled region. Examples of how your gift may be used:
Bible for a new Christian ($10); resources for a student fellowship meeting
($40); fund a summer camper ($125)
SHARE GOD’S WORD WITH THE WORLD
FEED THE HUNGRY AND
HOUSE THE HOMELESS
The Crèche is an orphanage in Bethlehem. It has been serving and
protecting abandoned and vulnerable children in the Holy Land since
the late 1800s. The Crèche cares for over 40 orphans and provides free
day care to over 70 children of poor families, with a focus on children
newborn to age six. Examples of how your gift may be used: Christmas gift
for a child ($10); medical check-up for an orphan ($30).
http://saintvincentguesthouse.com/en/guest-house/creche
Central Union Mission in Washington, DC provides for the physical and
spiritual needs of underprivileged and disenfranchised men, women and
children. During the holidays, the Mission provides gifts for impoverished
children and their families via Operation Christmas Miracle. Examples of
how your gift may be used: helping a homeless person move into an apartment
($100); Christmas gifts for a family in need ($50). www.missiondc.org
Friendship Place in Washington, DC empowers men and women
experiencing homelessness to rebuild their lives, reconnect with others,
and move toward self-sufficiency. A leader in its field, FP provides a
continuum of services to the homeless including transitional housing,
psychiatric care and job placement. Examples of how your gift may be used:
outreach to homeless veterans ($10); psychiatric consultation for homeless
person ($30); 1 week of services for a woman in transitional housing ($72).
www.friendshipplace.org
Habitat for Humanity– Washington, DC is the local affiliate of Habitat
for Humanity International. Their mission is to eliminate poverty
housing by building affordable, energy-efficient homes. Homes are
sold to the working poor at affordable prices with no-profit mortgages.
Examples of how your gift may be used: home-building tools such as a ladder
($60) or drill ($120). www.dchabitat.org
FEED THE HUNGRY AND HOUSE THE HOMELESS
Martha’s Table in Washington, DC feeds the homeless and hungry 365
days a year and provides many other services to break the cycle of
poverty. Programs include day care, educational programs and food to
individuals, families, seniors and veterans. Examples of how your gift may
be used: soup containers ($20); baby formula ($10); writing materials for
children ($15). www.marthastable.org
New Endeavors by Women in Washington, DC helps homeless women
and children transform their lives. NEW provides 200 women and
children with transitional and permanent housing, life skills training, adult
education, employment support and youth enrichment activities to lift
women and children out of the cycle of homelessness. Examples of how
your gift may be used: education and employment support to help a homeless
woman prepare for a job interview ($35); one week of academic support
services for a child in transitional housing ($79). www.nebw.org
Project Mercy is a relief and development agency in Ethiopia. Its efforts
include a Women’s Skill Program, which teaches a marketable skill
along with basic literacy and math, and a School Meal Program. These
programs care for physical needs while laying the foundation for the
Gospel to be seen and shared. Examples of how your gift may be used: 1
month of skill training for 1 woman ($25); 1 month of school meals for 1
child ($16). www.projectmercy.org
Solar Household Energy (SHE) strives to unleash the potential of solar
cooking to improve social, economic and environmental conditions
in sunny areas worldwide, especially in Africa. SHE partners with
governments and the private sector to offer an affordable and sustainable
alternative to fires. Examples of how your gift may be used: cooking
instruction at a refugee camp ($25); 1 oven, delivered with training ($150).
www.she-inc.org
Women to the World (WTW) is a Christian organization in Afghanistan
empowering women and children to overcome poverty, dependency, and
abuse. For more than thirty years, WTW has established relationships
with unreached peoples through literacy, micro-loans, healthcare and
spiritual support, demonstrating the love of Christ by relieving suffering
in one of the poorest areas of the world. Examples of how your gift may
be used: fabric ($25), literacy books ($21), disease prevention ($35), sewing
machines ($69). www.womentotheworld.org
FEED THE HUNGRY AND HOUSE THE HOMELESS
CARE FOR THE SICK
AND VULNERABLE
The Armenia Gospel Mission works in Armenia, one of the poorest
countries of the former Soviet Union. This relief and development
organization provides humanitarian gifts-in-kind from the United States
and other countries. Through local churches, it shares God’s love and the
Gospel as it helps children and the elderly with daily needs. Examples
of how your gift may be used: milk for 1 child for 1 month ($8); FoodPaks
($30 per family). www.armeniangospelmission.org
Beacon of Hope (Wycliffe) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
is an affiliate of Wycliffe Bible Translators. It brings God’s love to orphans
and widows who are victims of inter-ethnic and civil wars. It provides
education for orphans, conducts Bible-based trauma healing and helps
widows develop income-generating activities to care for their children.
Examples of how your gift may be used: school uniforms for 1 child for 1 year
($50); school supplies for 1 child ($10). www.wivenhoemethodist.btck.co.uk/
BeaconOfHope
ByGrace Children’s Home in Kenya was founded in 2005 by Stephen and
Rosemary Mbogo to provide a loving environment for orphaned children
in the slums of Nairobi. ByGrace has partnered with Foundation for
Peace to build a three story school that houses 70+ orphans and educates
an additional 70 paying students. The school has one of the highest exam
pass rates in Kenya. Examples of how your gift may be used: meeting all the
monthly needs of one child ($45 elementary and middle school, $90 high
school). www.bygracetrust.org
NPC Deacons’ Assistance Fund provides funds to NPC members who
are in crisis and need short-term financial help. These funds are used
to help with utilities, food or other unforeseen expenses. The fund is
designed to help recipients transition through a time of temporary
financial difficulty (such as a period of unexpected unemployment) and
restore their lives. People who are positively affected by this ministry are
encouraged to donate back to the fund, allowing for someone else to
receive assistance in the future.
CARE FOR THE SICK AND VULNERABLE
The Foundation for Peace works in Haiti, the Dominican Republic
and Kenya hand-in-hand with the local church to provide educational
support, healthcare, economic opportunity and hope in the name of
Jesus Christ. The ministry produces sustainable and successful initiatives
that relieve the effects of poverty, encourage personal growth and
overcome injustice. Examples of how your gift may be used: 1 week of
food and supplies for an HIV patient or caregiver ($20); Bibles and school
supplies for 1 student ($10). www.foundationforpeace.org
International Justice Mission is a global Christian organization that
protects the poor from violence throughout the developing world.
IJM partners with local authorities to rescue victims of violence, bring
criminals to justice, restore survivors and strengthen justice systems. In
nearly 20 communities throughout Africa, Latin America, South Asia and
Southeast Asia, IJM combats slavery, sex trafficking, rape, police brutality,
property grabbing and other forms of violence. Examples of how your gift
may be used: aftercare package for a survivor of sex trafficking ($30); freedom
training for a family rescued from slavery ($111). www.ijm.org
Samaritan’s Purse meets critical needs in global crisis areas in Jesus’
name. Their work in Liberia began in 2003, recently focusing on the
Ebola outbreak. Their innovative program reduces Ebola transmission
rates through home-based interventions. Families receive training to
provide supportive care to infected loved ones, along with a home care
kit that includes head-to-toe protective gear, medicines, hydration items,
disinfectants and a sprayer. Examples of how your gift may be used: glove
set ($2); reusable goggles ($7); reusable rubber boots ($20); complete hygiene
kit for a family ($62). www.samaritanspurse.org
Unsung Heroes mentors and equips Christ-centered servant leaders in
South Africa who pursue visionary community programs. Four projects
within the Gauteng and North West provinces provide education and
care to orphaned and vulnerable children and teenagers, many of them
orphaned by AIDS. They also provide home-based care to those infected
and affected by HIV/AIDS, and offer Food and Garden programs.
Examples of how your gift may be used: funds for students’ meals ($5); school
supplies ($5); books ($10). www.unsungheroes.org.za
CARE FOR THE SICK AND VULNERABLE
YAKKUM Rehabilitation Center in Indonesia offers scholarships, medical
services, education and vocational training to physically disabled children
and young adults from poor families. Disaster victims and families of
disabled children are also given the means to support themselves through
small business loans and training. Examples of how your gift may be used: a
wheelchair ($50); 1 month of vocational training for 1 young person ($25).
www.yakkum-rehabilitation.org
The Yayasan Bina Kasih Foundation (YBK) in Indonesia provides
transitional housing to former patients of mental hospitals. It is the only
ministry of its kind serving the Christian minority in Indonesia. It serves
64 clients with a staff of 26. Examples of how your gift may be used: food
for 1 person for 1 week ($35); psychiatric visit for 1 person ($40).
CARE FOR THE SICK AND VULNERABLE
NURTURE YOUTH
AND FAMILIES
Birzeit Senior Citizen Center in the West Bank (Palestine) offers medical
and nutrition assistance as well as socialization to needy or isolated
seniors in Birzeit. The elderly are often alone and vulnerable because
younger members of their families have left to seek work elsewhere.
Examples of how your gift may be used: clothing ($10); medical check-up for
1 senior ($25); toiletries ($15). www.hcef.org
Committed to Freedom offers abuse recovery solutions from a Christian
perspective to help people move beyond abuse, exploitation and sexual
trauma. They offer weekly recovery articles, seminars and retreats and
develop resources, many of these at no cost. A media conversion project
will make seminars more accessible through audio/video production
and online platform development. Examples of how your gift may be used:
book or CD for abuse victim ($15); contribution to media conversion ($50).
www.committedtofreedom.org
Ecole Renaissance des Sourds in Dakar, Senegal, serves profoundly
deaf children from ages 6 to 21. Students receive instruction in all
academic subjects, religion and vocational skills. NPC missionary, Angela
Bednarczyk, works in teacher training and curriculum development at
ERS. Examples of how your gift may be used: hairdressing instruction for 1
student ($5); computer instruction for 1 student ($15).
http://ecoledessourds.wordpress.com/about/
Hope Unlimited for Children in Brazil provides transformational
residential care for street children and comprehensive day programs for
gravely at-risk children of poverty. Hope Unlimited offers these children
a home and hope for the future. Examples of how your gift may be used:
meals for 1 house of children for 1 week ($100); discipleship kits for 10
children ($50). www.hopeunlimited.org
NURTURE YOUTH AND FAMILIES
in Moldova (Eastern Europe) is a
partnership of NPC and the Moldova Baptist Union. The goal this
year is to support regional leadership couples teaching “The Marriage
Course” in Romanian-language and Russian-language churches.
Couples in Moldova struggle to support their families in a difficult
economy and cannot afford the course. Example of how your gift may
be used: course materials for 1 couple ($10), registration ($5). www.
nationalpres.org/international
The Moldova Marriage Ministry
National Presbyterian Church Youth Ministry is here to help our middle
and high school students discover and follow Jesus Christ. Drawing young
people and families from across the metro-DC area, the NPC youth
program also helps our kids to discern their call to serve others in Christ’s
name. Your support helps them to take life-changing, relational mission
trips and to participate in local mission efforts. Examples of how your gift
may be used: medical supplies to take on a mission trip ($50); materials to
teach cross-cultural VBS ($15). www.nationalpres.org/teens
Our Lady Queen of Peace’s Parish School in the West Bank (Palestine)
offers quality Christian education to children of all denominations,
including children with cognitive or emotional difficulties. Examples
of how your gift may be used: consultations with special education teachers
($40); textbooks ($20); tuition assistance ($100). www.birzeitchurch.ps
The Presbyterian Education Board in Pakistan is a consortium of 14
schools. Christian teachers witness to the Gospel by treating each student
as a child of God and helping each one to achieve his or her potential.
A women’s empowerment program also teaches literacy, numeracy and
marketable skills to village women. Examples of how your gift may be used:
uniforms for 1 student ($25); 1 month’s tuition for 1 student ($20), desk &
chair for 1 student ($50). www.friendsofpeb.org
Unique Learning Center (ULC) in DC’s Shaw community is a ministry
providing critical support to inner-city children. ULC empowers children
and youth through its after-school program and summer youth program.
Both include literacy, project-based academic activities, recreational
and cultural outlets, family support and opportunities for Bible study.
Examples of how your gift may be used: snacks for 1 child in after-school
programs for 1 month ($10); local/regional college visit for one inner-city
student ($100). www.ulcdc.org
NURTURE YOUTH AND FAMILIES
Young Life–NY is part of an international organization that presents the
Gospel to adolescents in greater New York and helps them grow in their
faith. One of every eight teens in the US lives within 100 miles of the
Empire State Building, and these teenagers are the focus of Young Life
NY. This rapidly growing ministry is reaching kids across the New York
region. Example of how your gift may be used: help send a kid to Young Life
summer camp ($25). www.greaterny.younglife.org
Young Life–DC is part of an international organization working in the
District to present the Gospel to adolescents and help them grow in their
faith. DC has over 50,000 young people who need to hear the Good
News. Caring adults meet kids on their turf and in their culture, building
bridges of friendship. Example of how your gift may be used: help send a
kid to Young Life summer camp ($25). www.metrodc.younglife.org/
NURTURE YOUTH AND FAMILIES
You will be made rich in every
way so that you can be generous
on every occasion, and through
us your generosity will result in
thanksgiving to God.
This service that you perform
is not only supplying the needs
of God’s people but is also
overflowing in many expressions
of thanks to God.
2 CORINTHIANS 9:11-12
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