SIMPLE CHANGES

To change the world at Christmas every year we worry about the increasing commercialisation of Christmas, but what can we do to change things?

Last year, a group from Morningside Baptist Church felt deeply challenged after visiting projects run by Operation Mobilisation among the Dalit people in India. On returning home to Edinburgh, they were inspired to launch the Just Christmas initiative in their church. The plan was simple: to change culture, change hearts and restore the true meaning of Christmas. To do this, church members thought of many simple, kind and generous acts to give to family and friends in place of presents. They were then free to give the money that would have been spent on the trappings of Christmas to support those in greatest need around the world.

“We were inspired by God’s precious gift of Jesus to reduce spending on ourselves, so leaving more valuable resources to give to those with nothing”

TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE

do ‘Just Christmas’ in your home and church

In 2007, the Just Christmas initiative launched at Morningside Baptist Church generated an amazing sum of £60,000 – enough to build a school for Dalit children in India and support an AIDS project in Africa.

Individuals in the church also went on to sponsor the education of 160 Dalit children! Start today by committing individually and as a church to take up our Just Christmas initiative. Encourage family and friends to join you in celebrating the most meaningful and generous Christmas you’ve ever experienced!

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