Give the Gift of Mission!!
Give a gift of mission to honor a family member, pastor, teacher, Sunday School teacher, or any of the individuals on your Christmas list who would appreciate receiving this unique and meaningful holiday gift.

• Choose a mission to donate to by viewing the NACCC mission’s website at: www.naccc.org  or make a donation to the Undesignated Fund (the Missionary Society will decide where your gift is most needed).

• Mail your donation to:  The Missionary Society, NACCC, PO Box 288, Oak Creek, WI 53154.

• Make checks payable to The Missionary Society.  100 % of your gift will go to missions – nothing is held back for administrative purposes.

• Send a note listing the designation of your gift (mission name) and the name and address of the person you are honoring.  We will contact this person(s) and let them know that you have given a gift to mission in their honor.  We will also send information about the specific mission project and its ministries.

• Make your donation by credit card.  Telephone the NA office and be ready to provide credit card information, the mission name, and honoree information.

• You will receive a receipt for your records.

Many NACCC sponsored mission projects offer special programs for holiday giving. 

The Panamerican Institute located in Tijuana, Mexico, appeals to your generosity.  For the 32^nd consecutive year, PAI will provide Christmas food baskets for their student’s families.  The average Panamerican student comes from a family of four whose income is just $65 per week.  Last year, donations provided each of the student’s families with enough food for a nice Christmas dinner, warm clothes, toys, and food for up to two weeks.   A donation of $35 will provide one family with a gift basket.  Each basket contains:  pinto beans, rice, wheat flour, milk, sugar, salt, canned tuna, vegetables, margarine, cereal, cooking oil, tomato sauce, cookies, frozen chicken, pastas, Jell-O®, toilet paper, jelly, toothbrushes and paste, soap, socks, sweat shirts, and toys.

The Bread of Life Mission, located in Plant City, Florida, offers an Adopt a Child for Christmas Program.  A $20 financial donation provides sponsorship for one child.  Preference may be given to a boy or girl if desired.  Nearly 500 children benefit each year from the program.  Each child receives a new toy and a shoe box filled with candy and toiletries.

Bread of Life Mission ministers to low-income and migrant workers.  The mission offers literacy classes, job training, Sunday worship, Bible school, after-school tutoring programs as well as the distribution of food, clothing, and household items.

The Maine Seacoast Mission located in Bar Harbor, Maine, provides pastoral care and outreach ministries to persons living in the rugged coastal and island villages of Maine.  A ship named the Sunbeam pays regular visits to island communities. 

The Mission’s Christmas Program touches more than 3,000 children, nursing home residents, shut-in’s and students enrolled in Head Start Programs.  Caps, mittens, scarves, and socks arrive throughout the year from knitters across the country.  The program provides a wrapped gift, a tide calendar, and occasionally a financial donation to those supported by the Mission.  Knitted items may be sent directly to the mission at:  The Main Seacoast Mission, 127 West Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609.

The Morgan Scott Project, located in Deer Lodge, Tennessee, ministers to the poor, elderly, and disabled residents of eastern Tennessee.  The mission’s Christmas Program serves over 900 children and 350 families during the holidays.  Morgan Scott provides one large toy, one small toy, and an article of clothing to a child in need.  The cost is approximately $12 per child.  Parents may choose the toys and clothing items from one of four distribution locations and often stand in long lines as they wait to receive gifts for their children.

Child Sponsorship Opportunities

The National Association of Congregational Churches, Philippines, offers a child sponsorship program in areas reached by its church planting ministry.  Child sponsorship through the Caring Community, the social action arm of the NACC, provides for education and the basic needs of a child for $245 annually.  Sponsors will receive a photograph and correspondence from their sponsored child.

The Asociacion Civil Cristiana Congregacional (the Argentine Mission) has been able to provide medical care, food, and educational assistance through its Child Sponsorship Program to the poorest of children residing in shanties surrounding the mission.  For $40 per month or $480 annually – churches, individuals, or Sunday Schools may sponsor one child through this program.  Upon receipt of funds, the donor(s) will receive personal information about the child they are sponsoring.  Preference may be given for a boy or girl.  It is hoped that an ongoing relationship, overseen by the mission, will develop between sponsors and the adopted child.

News from the Mission Fields:

It deeply saddens the Missionary Society to report that Rev. Kenaz Solomon, director of the Travancore Church Council in India, sends word that his youngest son, Bensam David passed away on October 7^th, at the age of 23 years, as the result of a bike accident.  Please prayerfully remember the Solomon family.

Matthew and Eunice Oladele, the son and daughter of Rev. Solomon and Margaret Oladele – directors of The Christ to the Villages Mission in Nigeria, are attending Olivet College in Michigan.  Greetings may be sent to Eunice and Matthew at Olivet College, 320 Maine Street, Olivet, MI 49076.

Rev. Danail Ignatov is the new President of the Union of Bulgarian Congregational Churches. 

Rev. Christo Kulichev continues to pastor the First Congregational Church of Sophia and work on writing projects.

Awit continues rehabilitation therapy at the Philippine Heart Center.

Generous donations received for Awit Castillo, who suffered a stroke during the month of June, covered all of her medical expenses. Two weeks after Awit suffered her stroke, a young man, Gene Gonzaga, the leader of the Smokey Mountain youth group suffered a fatal heart attack.  The Castillo’s offered a portion of the medical fund donations to cover Brother Gene’s funeral expenses. Gene was attending a mission Bible School when he passed away. 

The Missionary Society of the NACCC - (800) 262-1620 Ext: 17
rmahnke@naccc.org