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“Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people.” Luke 9:16

Jesus feeds the crowd in the story of the loaves and fish.   Now is your opportunity to live out the story of the loaves and fish. “I want to invite each of you to make an online donation on December 3 and multiply your gift to many,” states Bishop Bruce R. Ough, Dakotas-Minnesota Area.    

The General Board of Global Ministries has announced that for that one day only, December 3, 2013, gifts made online to any project through The Advance will be matched.

Here in the Dakotas, conference leaders encourage individuals and churches to use this opportunity to make gifts to Tree of Life Ministry Advance # 123615; and Haiti Solar Oven Partners Advance # 418812.  The online gift site will allow donors to designate credit be given to their local church.

Marie Kuch, a member of the Global Ministries’ board of directors, shared her excitement. “My U.S. context is dominated by a consumer-driven frenzy within hours of Thanksgiving,” she said. “With the Giving Tuesday initiative and matching funds, we have extra incentive to remember what the Advent season really means and to redirect some of our retail-shopping money to a better purpose.”

The Advance is the denomination’s giving channel that ensures that 100 percent of each gift supports the project designated by the donor. More than 850 Methodist-related projects and more than 300 missionaries are supported by The Advance; all of them have gone through a rigorous review process and are accountable for how funds are used.

Global Ministries announced it will allocate the “matching funds” dollar for dollar up to the first $500,000 in gifts to Advance projects received online on December 3, 2013, between 12:00 a.m. EST and 11:59 p.m. A maximum of $10,000 per individual gift to a project will be disbursed as matching funds. A project may receve a maximum of $50,000 in matching funds.

For one day only, on December 3, as part of UMC #Giving Tuesday, gifts make to support any project or ministry through The Advance, will be matched.  When you giver through The Advance 100 percent of your gift goes to support ministry.

Everyone knows about Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But why not start the holiday season with giving rather than getting.  The United Methodist Church is inviting you to do just that by focusing your attention on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3.

UMC Giving Tuesday from Global Ministries on Vimeo.