Task Reviewed
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Social Events
Social events bring people together over food and friendship; they may focus on the congregation or embrace also the wider community. Their purpose is to get people talking generosity as we grow a culture of generosity and to share financial needs and how people can respond.
Consider the options in the download paper, Eat and Rejoice!. Note also the innovative Generosity Fika: coffee, cake and conversation. See the video and practical guidance from the National Giving Team
Social events compliment the preaching. Giving in Grace is not fundraising as such; neither tone nor content of a social event should undermine the core message of biblically informed generosity. But social events can focus on the financial need; they need not carry the full weight of generous discipleship.
Consider the options in the download paper, Eat and Rejoice!. Note also the innovative Generosity Fika: coffee, cake and conversation. See the video and practical guidance from the National Giving Team
Social events compliment the preaching. Giving in Grace is not fundraising as such; neither tone nor content of a social event should undermine the core message of biblically informed generosity. But social events can focus on the financial need; they need not carry the full weight of generous discipleship.