![]() ![]() Send out a list of the items you are collecting. ![]() Tell others about your project, including your family, friends, church family and colleagues. You may send several of the same item, a few of the items, or some of all of the items. Select the missionary or missionaries you will gather supplies for and decide which supplies you will gather. ![]() Begin with a time of prayer for your Christmas in August project. Need some ideas for how to plan and organize Christmas in August for your group? Here’s a plan you can use or adapt for your circumstances: Planning a Christmas in August Group Experience We are grateful for missions advocates like you who are a part of such endeavors! No matter how a person or group approaches Christmas in August, it’s sure to be a blessing to the missionaries as they seek to impact their community with the gospel. The collective effort to purchase and gather the items, pack them, include notes of encouragement, and pray over them is all part of a meaningful opportunity to learn about, pray for, and support a missionary. While many individuals support missionaries through Christmas in August, lots of families and children’s groups such as Mission Friends, Girls in Action, Royal Ambassadors, Children in Action, and others participate as a group activity. And as a ministry of WMU, Christmas in August of course includes learning about and praying for missionaries along with supporting them! (Click here for more about why we do what we do.) As with many Christian ministries, Christmas in August is more than just a random act of giving. ![]()
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