Celebrating Our Gift-Giving God

Christmas reminds us of how our God loves giving. For God so loved . . . He gave. At Christmas He gave us His only Son! His gift-giving is the reason why we give gifts to each other during this season. It is also the reason why we invite you every Christmas to join us in giving to initiatives that are on God’s heart. Our Christmas Gift has two types of gifts: Equipping and Building. This Advent, as we celebrate how Jesus reveals to us the heart of God, we hope you will join us in celebrating His gift by giving joyfully to the causes identified here. If you have children, talk with them about these purposes. Read and pray over each one and ask God to increase your joy in Him this Christmas season as we get the chance to give to others. 
-Garrett Spitz, Lead Pastor

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Equipping

Afghan Resettlement

Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees have come to the U.S. in the past five months. Many had to leave because they cooperated with western agencies and staying in Afghanistan would mean being targeted by the Taliban. Many arrived with nothing but the clothes on their backs. In God’s Word he commands His people to love sojourners (or foreigners/immigrants) because they were once sojourners in Egypt (Deuteronomy 10:19). God is calling us to love these precious people. Our Global Ministry Partners connected us with two families in need that we are now sponsoring through the Humanitarian Parole process. This means we have committed to help them transition to their new lives in the U.S. (get an apartment, groceries, transportation, jobs, etc.). Thousands of other Afghan refugees are still stuck at military bases with very limited resources, waiting for their turn to leave to start their new lives. $30,000 will help us to provide for the practical needs of these people who are on God’s heart. 

To find out more about the families we are sponsoring through humanitarian parole or about how we are serving Afghan refugees at Fort Picket, contact Mabel Kenney (mabelgkenney@gmail.com) or Dawn Meisner (dawnmeisner@hotmail.com).

College Ministry Conference Scholarships

Conferences play an important role in the spiritual development of young adults today. Conferences are catalysts for change. God often uses these breaks from normal day-to-day living to accomplish more spiritual transformation in a young adult’s life than happens in an entire semester of regular meetings and Bible studies on campus. Conferences are also an opportunity for bonding. Deep spiritual friendships are formed, and people are brought from the fringes into community on bus rides and at meals together. Conferences also provide opportunities for training and hands-on ministry experience. $4,000 will enable us to provide scholarships for young adults to help them attend CROSS CON21, which is a global ministry conference for 18-25 year olds.

To find out more about these conferences and the students we will be helping to attend, contact PCC’s Pastor of College Ministry, Edward Murray (emurray@pccyorktown.com).

Local Compassion Ministries
Care Net Peninsula, Serve The City Peninsula & Peninsula Rescue Mission

Jesus indicates in Matthew 25 that what we do to the least of these, we do unto Him. There are several great ministries here on the Peninsula that help us to live out this passage in practical and strategic ways. Care Net Peninsula serves moms and saves babies by providing practical help to women facing unplanned pregnancy decisions, Serve the City Peninsula transforms lives and communities by mobilizing volunteers to do acts of kindness for those in need, and the Peninsula Rescue Mission serves men at the hardest times of their lives by providing shelter, meals, safety, stability, and godly counsel. They are also raising funds right now to launch the new PRM Women’s Emergency Shelter. $10,000 divided between these ministries will assist them in their meaningful service.

To find out more about these ministries and how you can get involved with them, contact the following people: CareNet Peninsula – Meg Williams (danmegwms@verizon.net); Serve the City Peninsula – Cindy Hahne (cindy@stcpeninsula.com); Peninsula Rescue Mission – John Twigg (john@prm.info)

Revitalize Children's Play Area at an Arabian Peninsula School

Many from our adopted people group in Central Asia move to the Arabian Peninsula for work opportunities and end up raising their children there. Because of their status as migrant workers, they are often looked down upon, neglected, and mistreated. Their children end up at under-resourced schools. Our Global Ministry Partners have been building relationships with leaders at one such school where the outdoor recreational facilities are broken, outdated, and dangerous. Our partners will use $6,000 to help these schools update the outdoor boys and girls play areas by leveling the brick flooring and installing basketball hoops. We are already planning to send individuals and teams to help with basketball outreach to students and teacher training. 

To find out more about how you can pray for our partners who are building bridges with this school, contact Bob Campbell (robert.campbell@asg-inc.org). 

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Building

Beyond These Walls Building Fund

Eleven years ago, we expanded our building to provide needed space for a growing church and school. Through that expansion, God gave us the café, the kitchen, the gym, and the 200-hallway. God has worked in those spaces in powerful ways to help us make disciples who know His joy and change His world. Your giving will help us continue to pay down our current mortgage (roughly $1.7 million) for that expansion. We want the amazing ministry that is happening in this facility not only to continue, but also to expand beyond these walls, into our hearts, our community, and the world. Once completed, we will be able to make capital investments in other strategic areas. 

To find out more about PCC’s Beyond These Walls Building Fund and how you can be a part of it through gifts, prayer, or estate planning, please contact our Administrator, David Taylor (dtaylor@pccyorktown.com).

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Giving Information

Please use one of the Christmas Gift giving envelopes (or a white giving envelope with “Christmas Gift” written on the outside) or give online. You can indicate which emphasis you’d request your gift to be applied to by indicating either ‘Equipping’ (Afghan Resettlement, Conference Scholarships, Local Compassion Ministries, Children’s Play Area) or ‘Building’ (mortgage pay off) on the envelope or website. However, if you give by check, please do not designate specific projects on your actual check. The total amount given to the ‘Equipping’ project group will be allotted among the five projects at the discretion of the elders. If you have questions about giving to the projects, please contact the Chapel office at office@pccyorktown.com.

All donations are subject to the guidelines and procedures outlined in Peninsula Community Chapel’s Gift Acceptance Policy. Copies of the policy are available in the Chapel Financial Office or online. All donations to PCC are completed gifts which will be used, directly or indirectly, to advance the charitable and religious purposes of PCC and will only be received and expended for ministry projects previously budgeted and approved by the Board of Elders, with the donor designated preference among the various ministry projects being honored wherever possible.

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​Christmas Gift 2021 Brochure (pdf)