We give God thanks for this year’s results: $6100! 

Dear Mission Partners!

The Annual Christmas Offering is a special over-and-above gift. The basic idea is the same as the last several years. As we buy gifts for other people, we want our largest, most extravagant gift to go to Jesus by loving our neighbor. Our goal this year is to raise $5000. 

Since 2013, a Special Christmas Offering has been donated by members and non-member friends of Common Ground Church. To date, more than $57,000 has been raised and distributed by Common Ground (and its founding congregation, First Lutheran Church) to community organizations and programs. The funds have been distributed to help hundreds of local kids and adults experience the love of Jesus. Here are some past recipients:

• Sugar Creek Summer Day Camp
• Summer Lunch Program 
• Urban Immersion 
• Wilderness Camp and National Youth Gatherings
• Refugee Resettlement in Dane County
• Resurfaced Parking Lot for guests, members and parents dropping off kids at our former Primary School
• Reach Out Lodi, and the former Lodi Food Pantry, (now a part of Reach Out Lodi),
• Local Police Department

Our goal this year is $5,000. 100% of the 2023 Christmas Offering will be divided equally between these two causes:

REACH OUT LODI. “To provide a safe and welcoming community center where people can gather and a community store that supports individuals and families struggling to provide for their basic living needs.”

THE COMMON GROUND CHURCH. “Together for the common good!”

Gifts received by December 31, 2023 will be received and recorded as a 2023 donation on giving statements. 

Join this wonderful way to show Jesus’ love to people in these very challenging times. The best is yet to come!

Blessings,

Pastor Michael Lee