GivingTuesday is just around the corner on November 30, a day that charities, families, churches, businesses and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give to causes they believe in. There’s Black Friday, Cyber Monday and GivingTuesday, which kicks off the charitable season of giving. It’s a simple idea, and we hope you’ll join us and be a part of a global celebration of a new tradition of generosity!
This is an especially important time to give to First Priority… Some friends of First Priority have gotten together to challenge the ministry to raise $100,000 in November and December, and they will match every penny donated! We hope you will consider giving a gift for our year-end Victory Matching Challenge.
First Priority is celebrating 31 years of campus ministry in Alabama. Our outreach to the local public schools in Birmingham began in the fall of 1990. Since that time, hundreds of thousands of teens and more recently children have been touched with the Gospel.
Our history shows us that for every $10 given to First Priority we are able to share Gospel Hope with a student who likely is not nor will not be involved in a local church otherwise. According to the latest research from Springtide on young people, when asked who they turn to for help when feeling overwhelmed and not knowing what to do about something, 75% indicated that they turn to friends or someone at school. First Priority meets this need by empowering and equipping Christian students (friends) and providing a Christian group on the school campus where young people can find help.
Perhaps your life or your child’s life has been impacted by the ministry of First Priority over the years. Perhaps you have children in school right now. Will you help us reach more kids and teens than ever before? We are counting on people like you who understand how important it is that every last student has this opportunity to hear and respond to the Gospel before they enter adulthood. We hope GivingTuesday will give you another way to join with us and to invite others to do the same.
Thank you for helping us share the HOPE of Christ with the next generation through your generous donations!
We hope you will get involved!
- Please pray about a gift and give online. A gift in any amount will be instantly doubled for twice the joy, twice the hope and twice the love to a student who so desperately needs to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ!
- Become a Fundraiser! Start a fundraising page and share our Giving Tuesday information with your friend groups and/or church family through social media or other informational channels. The process to setup your page is SO easy! Click “Become A Fundraiser,” and create an account. Then create a fundraising goal amount, a headline for your campaign, and share to your social media; it’s that simple!
- After you have given, please tell everyone you can about how you are giving and invite them to do the same. Be sure to use hashtags: #GivingTuesday & #HopeofChrist in your posts!
- Follow and connect with us on social media: @FirstPriorityAL
