Monthly Archives: February 2018

The Piglet Challenge!

Have you herd? Give a piglet on March 1, and it becomes a pair!   We’re counting on your help to reach our goal of 75 piglets given today.  And thanks to a matching gift from a generous congregation, we’re already half way there!   Help Us Reach Our Goal!   Pig farming can provide stability to… Read more »

One Great Hour of Sharing: Hunger Program Helps Grandmother Feed Children

Grandmother overcomes challenges to farm the land that feeds the children in her care   Lovina Najjuma, a 56-year-old widow in Uganda, grows enough food on eight acres to feed the three children and eight orphaned grandchildren in her care. Without the crops that spring from this soil she carefully tends, Najjuma has no means… Read more »

This is Church: One Great Hour of Sharing

This is Church Have you ever taught a child to fold their fingers inside their hands and say the rhyme, “here is the church, here is the steeple, open the doors and see all the people?” The wiggling fingers teach children, and adults, too, that the church is not the building — the steeples, windows,… Read more »

One Great Hour of Sharing Promotional Guide

Resources for mid council leaders You shall be called repairers of the breach. —Isaiah 58   Around the world, millions of people lack access to sustainable food sources, clean water, sanitation, education, and opportunity. Each gift to One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) helps to improve the lives of people in these challenging situations. The Offering… Read more »