Celebrating Our Gift-Giving God
The God who loves to give acted on it at Christmas. He gave His Son to save us from ourselves and restore His image in us. He gave His Son to make us givers. That’s why giving gifts to one another at Christmas is a thing! That’s also why at Christmas we take special delight in giving gifts to Him and His causes.
This year at the Chapel we want to Equip global workers in Papua New Guinea, East Asia, and coastal Kenya to share the good news of our gift-giving God! We also want to get a step closer to our Dreams by paying down the remaining mortgage on this facility so that we can see the ministry happening here both continue and expand in powerful ways beyond these walls into our local community.
Join us in giving to the 2017 Christmas Gift and help us Equip people for ministry around the world and Dream for the future.
If you have questions or would like more information on any of this year’s gifts, contact Pastor Garrett Spitz or me. We would love to share with you why this gift excites us!
— Tom Kenney, Senior Pastor
This year at the Chapel we want to Equip global workers in Papua New Guinea, East Asia, and coastal Kenya to share the good news of our gift-giving God! We also want to get a step closer to our Dreams by paying down the remaining mortgage on this facility so that we can see the ministry happening here both continue and expand in powerful ways beyond these walls into our local community.
Join us in giving to the 2017 Christmas Gift and help us Equip people for ministry around the world and Dream for the future.
If you have questions or would like more information on any of this year’s gifts, contact Pastor Garrett Spitz or me. We would love to share with you why this gift excites us!
— Tom Kenney, Senior Pastor
Equipping for the Future
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Translation through Transportation in Papua New GuineaPCC Global Workers, Kim and Annie Colich, have been working with Wycliffe Bible Translators to translate God’s Word into the heart language of the Tami people in Papua New Guinea for over 25 years. Their arduous way of life is an extreme challenge. Since their All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) broke down beyond repair, travel between their home and the nearest town requires Kim to either walk 10 miles in extreme conditions (a drain of his time and energy) or hitch an expensive ride (a drain on his finances). Would you help us dream big and consider giving toward the cost of a new or gently used ATV for Kim and Annie? Such a gift would free them up so that they can focus their time, energy, and finances on translating God’s Word for the Tami people. $5,000 will make this possible.
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Hearing Leads to Believing in East AsiaPCC Associate Global Workers Peggy and Stuart need your help to get the M-people of East Asia hearing God’s Word! They have successfully translated much of the Bible into a major dialect of the M-people. Because most are illiterate however, very few of the M-people can read what has been translated. That’s where you (and a little bit of technology) come in! AudiBibles are audio devices which cost less than $8, can last up to 3 years, and can contain the entire recorded Bible. Chip B’s team uses this tool for both scripture and worship songs created by M-people converts. When you give to the Christmas Gift, you will help the M-people of East Asia receive the gift of God’s good news heard audibly in their own heart language. $4,000 will enable us to make God’s Word accessible to many who previously have not had access to it.
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Returning to the Coast in KenyaPCC Associate Global Workers Ezekiel and Lucy have spent almost twenty years loving and serving a Muslim people group on the coast of Kenya. That work has been interrupted for the last few years due to serious health problems that forced them inland to Nairobi where Ezekiel finished a degree at Africa International University and Lucy worked at Karen Community Church. In January, they will return to the coast full time to continue their work. They face many needs as they prepare to make the transition, the chief of which is housing. Your participation in this Christmas Gift will enable them to make this new beginning among a people group that is in desperate need of the Gospel. $4,000 could help them get settled and get to work that much more quickly!
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Dreaming for the Future
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Dream On CampaignYour giving will help us continue to pay down our current mortgage. We want the amazing ministry that is happening in this facility not only to continue but also to expand beyond these walls. Once completed, we will be able to make capital investments in dreams like expanded youth and children’s ministries, a Christian Study Center at Christopher Newport University, a Gloucester church plant, and a transition home to work alongside Peninsula East End Church.
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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’ (Colich ATV / AudiBibles / Ezekiel & Lucy) or ‘Dreaming’ (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 three projects at the discretion of the elders. If you have questions about giving to the projects, please contact the Chapel office at office@pencomchap.com.
All donations are subject to the guidelines and procedures outlined in Peninsula Community Chapel’s Gift Acceptance Policy. 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.
All donations are subject to the guidelines and procedures outlined in Peninsula Community Chapel’s Gift Acceptance Policy. 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.
