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Stonecreek Blesses Guatemalan Families Through The Gift Offering

This past Christmas, 240 families from Stonecreek Church gave over and above their regular giving to the Lord through The Gift Christmas Offering to extend life and blessing to specific ministry opportunities. One of those opportunities was to bless the ministry of Hope for Guatemala with seed money to build a "City of Hope" to relocate their ministry center to a safer, more purposeful location. Building the "City of Hope" will empower the ministry to minister to more children and families in Guatemala City's most violent district, Zone 18.

At a recent golf tournament to benefit the ministry, Steven Gibbs surprised Hope for Guatemala's Executive Director, Jose Armas, with a $35,000 check from Stonecreek Church. This video captures that moment.

The Gift Easter Offering is an opportunity to be a part of something just like this. While Easter has passed, it is not too late to participate! Between now and Mother's Day (May 8), you can live beyond yourself and be a blessing to empower opportunity in someone else's life. Learn more about the specific projects and give online, here.

 

Stonecreek Gift for H4G from Stonecreek Church on Vimeo.

The Giving Table: Imagine 36,000 Meals for 4,000 People

The Giving Table Christmas Project is a ministry of Stonecreek Church to provide meals for those suffering from food insecurity. Our goal is 1,000 filled bags. To date, we have collected 400 bags to distribute among our local community agencies: North Fulton Community Charities, MUST Ministries of Cherokee County and The Place of Forsyth County.

Think about it this way...

1 filled The Giving Table grocery bag feeds a family of four for three days.
Each bag equals 9 meals per person, for a family of 4 = 36 meals per bag
To date, Stonecreek has provided 14,400 meals (400 bags) to those who otherwise would go hungry! Imagine... 1,000 bags... 36,000 meals... 4,000 people!

Grab some bags! Involve your clients, neighbors, social networks and classmates in The Giving Table. (The shopping list is printed on the bag.) Learn more, here.

Empty Pantry: NFCC Needs Our Help

North Fulton Community Charities needs our help.  Their pantry shelves have been depleted due to an increase in need. Bring non-perishable, dry food items to Stonecreek Church any Sunday, now through December.

By the way, if any items in your donation bags look like the picture above, leave it on your shelf for Aunt Lulu and Uncle Derrell. Let's bring our best!