One Gift
This Christmas we’ve come up with a great way to give kids and adults an opportunity to be generous with gifts received. It’s called One Gift!
What is One Gift?
We are inviting kids and adults to give up “one gift” and donate money to Love146. Each Christmas we receive a multitude of gifts from various friends and family members. One Gift is an opportunity for adults and kids to use those gifts to impact children in need, and practice generosity.
How to Participate in One Gift:
- Pick a friend or family member who would normally give you a gift.
- Ask that person to write a check written out to True North Community Church, for the amount that he/she would have spent on your gift, Memo: One Gift
- Bring that check to True North and put it in the envelope marked One Gift.
- Praise God for His goodness.
One Gift works great with kids because it speaks their language and works within their currency.
Every dollar goes directly to Love146. All donations are tax deductible. Love146 is an organization that works with human trafficking, specifically working to abolish child sex slavery and exploitation. For more information about Love146 go to www.love146.org
If you have any questions about One Gift please email Dominick@truenorthchurch.net.
**An Important Note for Parents** If you’re going to encourage your children to participate in One Gift, there is only one rule: The child MUST be the one to make the choice if he/she wants to give up a gift. Also Love146 is an organization that deals with some very adult issues. We need to be careful with the words that we use when we talk to our kids about Love146. The way our UpTown staff explains Love146 to children is as follows: “Love146 is an organization that helps children who were hurt to get well and stay safe.”Most of the children that Love146 rescue have lived in extreme poverty like most of us have never even seen. It is okay to discuss poverty with your children, but be careful when discussing how the children were abused. It is also okay to say things like we are helping to support some of the world’s actual superheroes. The people who are supported by Love146 real live superheroes. It would do us all good to be more like these individuals.
