Reminder: Goat Offering
Wait, a What Offering? Goat. Goat? Yes, Goat.
Hopefully this isn’t surprising or weird to you if you’ve been able to catch the Advent Conspiracy sermon series at Origins. Whether you know exactly what I’m talking about or this is brand new, I wanted to remind everyone of what we’re doing and why we’re doing it. First of all, watch this:
Over these last few weeks we have explored what it would look like to give and love like Jesus by spending and receiving less. There has been a lot of good ideas for how to do this individually and relationally, but in addition, a great way of doing this as a church body. By partnering with World Vision, we are able to purchase goats for $75 each. These goats go to impoverished nations and help to fulfill a multitude of needs. They provide milk for drinking, cheese, and other food products for the families that receive them. The excess can be sold as well, which provides income. Eventually, the goats will meet, perhaps in a bar or on a social networking site, which inevitably leads to baby goats. Baby goats, of course, can also be sold for income. It’s a gift that keeps on giving and we’re very excited about the response we’ve been receiving.
Here’s how this will work on Sunday… There will be two offerings: the goat offering which will fall at some point in the middle of the sermon, then our regular offering. Pray that God will give you a heart to worship through offering, and pray that what we are able to give as a church will go create real and tangible change for the families who receive the goats.
