ADVENT 2025

There are many ways to engage in the Advent season with us as a church family. Through a variety of events, special Gatherings, and mercy opportunities, we are eager to prepare our hearts to celebrate the Savior who was born, the promised Messiah who has come to save us!

CHRISTMAS MISSIONS OFFERING

Every year, we take an offering as a church to support the spread of the Gospel in Charlotte and Beyond. This year, we have three goals for our offering:

(1) 100% participation.

We are on a journey as a church to follow Jesus together. Whether you give a lot, or a little, we would love to see our entire church step into this season with open hands and open hearts.

(2) $6,000 to international, national, and local missions.

We are hoping to raise $6,000 to fund three specific ministries across the globe:

  • $2,000 will go to supporting our missionary partners in the middle east, as they have recently secured a space for Sunday worship.

  • $2,000 will go to supporting our church planting network, The Harbor Network, as they seek to plant thriving churches that last.

  • $2,000 will go to supporting our mercy partners in the city, including Foster Village, A Roof Above, and Nourish Up.

(3) $2,500 increase in monthly giving to Citizens Church.

As we continue our mission here in Charlotte, we are positioning ourselves for long term health and flourishing here in Charlotte. We are still searching for a long-term home in the city, and this increase in monthly support will go a long way in that endeavor. If every one of our members increases their generosity by $25/month, we will hit this goal and then some!

Give to the Christmas Missions Offering
Give to support Citizens church

Generosity Liturgy

As you consider generosity in this season (and throughout the year) we invite you to pray this liturgy as a prayer for your own heart of generosity:

Holy Father, there is nothing I have that You have not given me. All I have and am belong to You, bought with the blood of Jesus. To spend everything on myself, and to give without sacrifice, is the way of the world that You cannot honor.

But generosity is the way of those who call Christ their Lord; who love Him with free hearts and serve Him with renewed minds. Who withstand the delusion of riches that chokes the word; Whose hearts are in your kingdom and not in the systems of the world.

I am determined to increase in generosity until it can be said that there is no needy person among us. I am determined to be trustworthy with such a little thing as money that You may trust me with true riches.

Above all, I am determined to be generous because You, Father, are generous. It is the delight of Your daughters and sons to share Your traits, and to show what You are like to all the world.

Amen.

CHRISTMAS CALENDAR

We have some special events happening over the course of the next month, and we’d love to see you there!
Click the links below for more information and to register: