What will YOU give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering this year?
Category: Lottie Moon
-
Mission Quote of the Week
“How many there are…who imagine that because Jesus paid it all, they need pay nothing…” – Lottie Moon, September 15, 1887
Give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions
-
2008 Lottie Moon Goal
This year, our church’s Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO) goal is $1000.00. 100% of the LMCO goes to the International Mission Board to fund overseas missions efforts. Our “Halelujah” goal is $1250.00 Last year, we collected just a little over $1000 and met our Halelujah goal.
The National LMCO Goal is $170,000,000.00.
The offering begins November 30 and will be collected through the month of December.
Click THIS LINK to read more about Lottie Moon.
-
2008 Lottie Moon Offering Goal Announced
The International Mission Board has announced that the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering goal for 2008 is $170,000,000.00.
Won’t you begin praying about your gift and begin saving up to give a generous offering this year?
-
Lottie Moon Update
The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering supports missionaries through the International Mission Board. Our church goal for 2007 is $750 and our Hallelujah Goal for 2007 is $1000. I am please to announce that we have surpassed our Hallelujah Goal! As of this morning, we have now raised $1181 for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering!
The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering provides support in the form of insurance, travel expenses, rent, office equipment, supplies, etc for international missionaries. Having been the recipient of Lottie Moon funds, I can definitely say that your gifts are greatly appreciated by missionaries all over the world.
I encourage you to begin a savings program for the 2008 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. I remember when I was a little boy, my mother was a member of a bank’s Christmas Club. Each month, she would take $10 and put it into the account, then when Christmas time came, she had $100 or so to spend on Christmas presents. Why can’t we do the same with the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering? After all, it is much more important than Christmas presents, right? There is no reason that we can’t double our church’s goal for next year if we all plan for it!
Take a moment and pray for direction for what God may have you to give next year.
Bro Rick
-
Mission Quote of the Week
“I have a firm conviction that I am immortal till my work is done.” — Lottie Moon
-
Lottie Moon Update
We have now collected $635.00 towards our church goal of $750.00!
Remember that all money collected goes to directly support International Mission Board missionaries overseas. That’s 100%! None of it stays here in the US. The US goal is $165,000,000.00 this year!
Help fulfill your part in the Great Commission by giving to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering!
-
A Visit to “Lottie Moon Country”
In May 2006, I had the privilege to visit Penglai, Shandong, China and see where Lottie Moon lived and ministered. In the photo above, I am standing next to a monument erected in 1919 (I think) to the memory of Lottie Moon by the members of her church in Penglai. After the cultural revolution, the monument was found in the yard of the church and was re-erected to her memory. The Red Guard had scratched out some of the characters, but it is still readable (all in Chinese characters, of course).
The picture above is of the church Lottie Moon attended in Penglai, China. (You can see the monument in front of the left window.) The church is still in use but is no longer large enough for the congregation. They have recently built a new facility just to the right of the building, but still use this church’s baptistry because the new church doesn’t have a water source for the baptistry. The pastor reported that in 2005, they baptized over 400 people.
The picture above shows the remains of the Girls School that Lottie Moon where taught. The building was torn down because of it’s condition, but the outline on the remaining wall can still be seen. In the pile of debris stacked against the wall are roof tiles from the original school. I was fortunate enough to be able to get one for my personal collection. I was told that those tiles were purchased with funds from one of the original offerings collected for China by Southern Baptists. Those offerings later became known as the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
I hope this gives you a little bit of insight into the world of Lottie Moon. Please give generously to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering!
Bro Rick
-
Who is Lottie Moon?
… and why are we still paying her?
Charlotte “Lottie” Diggs Moon was born Dec. 12, 1840, in Albemarle County, Va. she rebelled against Christianity until she was in college. In December 1858, she dedicated her life to Christ and was baptized at First Baptist Church of Charlottesville, Va. Lottie attended Albemarle Female Institute, female counterpart to the University of Virginia. In 1861, she was one of the first women in the South to receive a master’s degree. Edmonia Moon, Lottie’s sister, was appointed to Tengchow, China, in 1872. The following year, Lottie was appointed and joined her sister there.
Lottie served 39 years as a missionary, mostly in China’s Shantung province. She taught in a girls’ school and often made trips into China’s interior to share the good news with women and girls. Lottie frequently wrote letters to the United States, detailing Chinese culture, missionary life and the great physical and spiritual needs of the Chinese people. Additionally, she challenged Southern Baptists to go to China or give so that others could go. By 1888, Southern Baptist women had organized and helped collect $3,315 to send workers needed in China.
Lottie died aboard a ship in the Japanese harbor of Köbe on Dec. 24, 1912. She was 72 years old. In 1918, Woman’s Missionary Union named the annual Christmas offering for international missions after the woman who had urged them to start it. (From IMB.org website)
This year’s Lottie Moon Christmas Offering’s (LMCO) goal is $165,000,000.00. The LMCO funds 52% of the International Mission Board’s budget. The Cooperative Program funds 36%. The remaining funds come from investments and World Hunger donations. Our church’s goal is $750.00. We have raised $142.00 so far.
Pray for the generosity of Southern Baptists to give to the LMCO to meet the needs of missionaries around the world. Your support allows you to participate in the Great Commission as you support those who “go”.
You can find out more information about Lottie Moon here.
Immanuel Southern Baptist Church 