Disciples Church Partners:

When was the first time you remember receiving the bread and drinking the grape juice? These simple symbols draw us back to the sacrifice that Christ made for each of us. These symbols take us to the many places and tables where we have shared the common loaf and fruit of the vine. This year’s Pentecost motto, “Setting the Table in New Places,” reminds each of us we are called to take the table to places in our society that don’t currently have a Disciples witness.

For the past 12 years the Pentecost Offering has been in place to support the planting of new churches. During that period of time God has used the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to start more than 730 new churches. These new churches have reached more than 45,000 people for Christ. A large number of these people are new to the faith. When you give to the Pentecost Offering, you help support these new churches. One half of the offering stays in the region where you live and one half goes to the general new church office to fund the recruitment, assessment, training and coaching of new church pastors, spouses and core team members. In the past 12 years more than 1,300 persons have been trained, on your behalf, to spread the Good News of the Gospel.

How can your congregation help? We ask that your congregation pray each week for our new church pastors who are making tremendous sacrifices to Set the Table in New Places. We ask that you invite new church pastors in your region to come and share about their ministry in your worship service. We ask that you collect the Pentecost Offering on May 20 and 27. Together we take the Table that means so much to us to people who have not yet eaten from the loaf and sipped from the cup.

Visit www.hopepmt.org for additional Pentecost Offering resources.

Shalom,
Charlie Wallace
Minister, Congregational Relations

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