Posted by: Frank Chiapperino in community on
Dec 15, 2008
Are you looking for some unique ideas for your small group this Christmas? This year we started something different at our church, we call it the Christmas Covenant and some of our small groups are making it a group effort to keep Christ at the center of Christmas this year. Here is what we are commiting to:
1. Creating a modest budget and committing not to buy any gifts on credit.
2. Adopting a child from the CCV sharing tree.
3. Reading the Christmas story, Luke 2:1-20, on Christmas Eve and asking, "What's the greatest gift Jesus gave you this year?" and ending in prayer.
4. Creating a "savings jar", saving money from Thanksgiving until Christmas Eve; bringing the savings to CCV's Christmas Eve services to be given to an annual benevolence event (Casas Por Cristo or an African mission that will take place next year).
5. Making a gift "from the heart" for people in your immediate or extended family that cannot be purchased.
You may want to consider something similar for your small group.
