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Contents 4 Why We Give 6 Hunger Relief 12 Children & Families 16 Schools 20 Delivering Hope 22 Cities & First Responders 28 Crisis Response 32 Strategic Partners 36 Vision 2022
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WHY WE GIVE WHY WE GIVE
Why We Give
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From the house waiting to be decorated and the cards to be mailed, to the gifts waiting to be wrapped and the gatherings to attend. This time of year, our lists tend to be long. And while all of these things are just part of the season, it can be easy for them to distract us from its very reason. See, Christmas is a reminder that we serve a generous God who gave us the greatest gift we’ve ever received— Jesus. And this season, the greatest gift you can give is His message of hope. This is why every year at Christmas, we come together as a church to give a special offering that funds our missions projects throughout the year. Every dollar you give through your Christ Birthday Offering will go toward delivering hope to those that need it most.
Delivering hope to those that need it most.
This Christmas, don’t forget to add the greatest gift to your list.
Pray Give Go
Ask God how He wants to use your generosity to give the gift of hope to those that need it most. Make Christmas last more than just one day by giving above your normal tithes and offerings in one of these ways:
text the word GIFT to 441-441
online at cf.church/gift
at the giving stations during service or by mail with the envelope available at your location.
When we give to Christ Birthday Offering, through our missions projects in 2022, we’ll deliver the hope and message of Jesus all around the world.
And his name will be the hope of all the world. Matthew 12:21 5
Hunger Relief
Your Christ Birthday Offering helps one less person from going hungry. Right now around the globe, 1 out of 9 people goes to bed hungry. This statistic represents not only a lack of basic needs but translates to compromised immune systems, educational delays—and in some cases—even death due to malnutrition. While these realities are heavy, every day throughout the year we’re a part of countless initiatives that help one less person from experiencing hunger. This past year, because of your Christ Birthday Offering, we delivered basic needs in order to fulfill the greatest need—the hope and message of Jesus.
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570,240 meals for people in Honduras
Make a Meal
4,000+ made by
volunteers
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Food Truck
This year, we fed
825
homeless families and individuals at the Senator Philip D. Lewis Homeless Resource Center.
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19,573 people served in 2021
Lewis Center
Embrace a Village, India Through Embrace a Village, we’ve been feeding an entire leper colony.
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Delivering Hope to... a Man Named Thangavel
Thangavel
How a miracle van is relieving hunger and bringing healing. After spending his life hard at work in agriculture to care for his family in India, Thangavel was sadly diagnosed with leprosy. Even sadder, his wife and family left him because of the stigma around the illness, so he no longer had anyone to care for him. As Thangavel’s leprosy got progressively worse, he was left alone feeling helpless and hopeless—until hope was delivered in the form of a van. Through Embrace a Village’s shoe and medical van, provided by your Christ Birthday Offering, Thangavel is no longer going hungry and has now received the healing he needed to no longer live in pain. He’s also found a family through the loving staff and medical care from Embrace a Village’s hospice center, and best of all, he’s started a relationship with Jesus!
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Did you know? This past year, your Christ Birthday Offering purchased the van that Embrace a Village uses as they travel to different villages in India providing critical supportive footwear and medical care for leprosy patients. Due to the condition of these patients, they wouldn’t otherwise be able to receive the treatment they need.
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Children & Families Your Christ Birthday Offering transforms generations and impacts eternities.
In the race to the heart of the next generation, the first one there wins. This is why every single day, we partner with leading organizations to reach hearts through the hope of Jesus. Whether it’s an orphan that needs a safe place to sleep at night, a single mom in need of stability for her unborn child, or a young girl looking for a better future—your Christ Birthday Offering transforms generations and impacts eternities.
Caring for Children & Families
Caring for Single Moms & Widows
Through Children’s Impact Network, we provided a place to call home for 102 abandoned, abused, and neglected children in the countries of Chile, Honduras, and Bolivia.
Through our ongoing partnership with Hearts for Moms, we’re helping break the cycle of poverty through a full-circle strategy that equips single moms with life skills and mentorships that increase their capacity for personal and spiritual growth. As Hearts for Moms supplements the cost of housing, childcare, education, transportation, and other basic needs, these moms are empowered to complete their education and/or work full-time.
Through Urban Youth Impact, we were a part of the expansion of its facilities in Downtown West Palm Beach so they could open up seven classrooms and a state-of-the-art kitchen to love, equip, and empower 84 additional inner-city youth to fulfill their God-given purpose. What began as a vision in 2001 in the hearts of Pastors Tom and Donna Mullins, Place of Hope has opened the doors for over 320 forever families to place hope in a child’s future over the past 20 years. And as a leader in human trafficking education and prevention in South Florida, Place of Hope has trained 57,684 community members to bring critical awareness to our region. In partnership with India Gospel League, we helped bring the message of Jesus to over 25,000 children and families through 126 children’s homes, schools, daycare centers, and evening study centers scattered across South Asia.
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We continued our support of crisis pregnancy centers like First Care Women’s Clinic, Care Net, and the Okeechobee Pregnancy Center in their collective efforts to support women in need so they can choose life and care for their children. This year, during the First Care Walk for Life, we were able to surprise a single mom with $5,000 to cover rent and provide a home for her and her baby.
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Delivering Hope to... a Girl Named Charity
How Hand of Hope’s school in Zambia is transforming generations. From Charity, a student at Imagine Hope Center in Zambia: I was living in fear watching my friends forced into marriage at such a young age. But because of this school, my mom was given an opportunity to give me a different future. I’m now receiving the education I need to change our situation and it’s only by the grace of God and the generosity of others that I’m here.
Did you know? Through our partnership with Joyce Meyer’s ministry, Hand of Hope, and its program, Imagine Hope, we’ve been rescuing girls in Zambia from child slavery and giving them an opportunity to learn their value in Jesus and earn valuable skills through education.
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Schools
Your Christ Birthday Offering reaches students all around our region. Studies show that 84% of people who make the decision to follow Jesus will do so by the time they turn 18. But once a person reaches adulthood, that decision becomes increasingly rare, with 11% making the decision in their 20s and just 4% making the decision in their 30s. With over 250,000 students in public schools in Palm Beach, Martin, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie counties—we know that one of our greatest opportunities to reach people with the hope of Jesus is right in our backyard. This past year, we’ve seen God open doors that we wouldn’t have otherwise been able to walk through. Your Christ Birthday Offering is what equips us to answer the call and reach these students right where they are.
School Projects in Our Region • Cleaned elementary school classrooms and prepared gifts for 400 kids and 90 teachers. • Fed 100 high school faculty members through the food truck. • Fed over 100 football players and coaches before home games. • Surprised 65 bus drivers with breakfast at their usual pick-up spots. • Led First Priority Bible clubs in 12 schools. • Adopted 1,569 elementary school kids from low-income households to provide basic necessities like socks, shoes, toys, and stockings during the Christmas season.
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Serving Our Schools Palm Beach Gardens High School This past school year, one of the most significant ways we’ve been able to bring the hope of Jesus into classrooms and cafeterias is through our partnership with Palm Beach Gardens High School and its football team. What began as a pre-game meal and pep talk from Coach Tom, has become 100 young men learning their purpose by making a difference at Make a Meal and even growing with the guys at Diesel.
“When the pandemic decimated athletics funding, we were unsure if we’d even be able to have a football season this year. But when Christ Fellowship stepped in to fill that gap, they gave these players a true high school experience. I’m not sure where we would be without this partnership, but I know they are better men and a better team because of the investment Christ Fellowship made—not just in their school, but in their lives.” DR. DONALD HOFFMAN Principal, Palm Beach Gardens High School
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MVMNT Camp
Over the summer during MVMNT Camp, our CFStudents did small things to serve their local communities in big ways. Whether it was mulching the grounds, painting hallways, or cleaning classrooms—these middle and high school students were able to give back to schools all across our region.
During MVMNT Camp,
456 3,072 students served
hours at schools in our region.
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Delivering Hope
3 billion. That’s the number of packages that were delivered during the Christmas season in 2020. But 3 billion is significant for another reason. It’s also the number of people in the world who have never heard the hope and message of Jesus. And hope comes in many forms. It’s a meal for a child who doesn’t know where their next meal is coming from. It’s shelter for a refugee who doesn’t have a place to lay their head at night. It’s a smile for a bus driver who is just trying to make it through the school week. We have the hope that people all around Chicago the world need to hear—and it can’t stay here. When you give your Christ Birthday Offering, you’re delivering a gift that lasts more than just one day.
Mexico
Haiti
Honduras Panama Colombia Bolivia The Gulf Coast
Chile South Florida Miami
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Because of your Christ Birthday Offering, we’ve sent hope all around the world this past year!
Senegal
Total Volunteers
15,758
People Impacted
656,172
Total Volunteer Hours
71,760
Total Value
$2,048,030 *This value is based on the “independent sector” value of volunteer time of $28.54 per hour in 2021.
Germany
Israel
China Afghanistan Thailand
Kenya Tanzania
India
Cambodia Philippines
Zambia
Australia
“As hope was given to us, we continue to give hope. Every Christmas season we know the hope we have can’t stay here— we have an opportunity to give it away.” Pastor Todd 21
Cities & First Responders Your Christ Birthday Offering resources our region with help and hope.
Leading a radical transformation for Jesus Christ in our region and beyond requires relationships with those leading the region. Through our partnerships with city officials and local law enforcement, we’re able to extend our reach throughout our communities and resource our region with help and hope. It’s because of your Christ Birthday Offering that we’re positioned to serve those who serve us.
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Your City
Thanks YOU! “I would like to thank Christ Fellowship for the wonderful partnership with the city and county of Okeechobee. Food insecurity is a huge problem we face but Christ Fellowship’s ministry to our community helps us overcome that.” DOWLING WATFORD Mayor, City of Okeechobee
“Thank you for having an attitude of yes—always ready to help by bringing hope to people of all ages and cultures. Christ Fellowship has been a source of encouragement and the impact you’re making in the Belle Glade community can only be described as a blessing.” STEVE WILSON Mayor, City of Belle Glade
“We know the church loves this city because of the way they have supported the community of Boynton Beach in so many ways on so many occasions. Christ Fellowship is a true community partner.” LORI LAVERRIERE Manager, City of Boynton Beach
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“Ever since Christ Fellowship first opened its doors, the church is always there to answer the call through hope and determination to step up for our community. Christ Fellowship has become part of the fabric of the city of Port St. Lucie and I look forward to our continued partnership in the many years to come.” SHANNON MARTIN Mayor, City of Port St. Lucie
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Serving Those Who Serve Us:
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office “I was raised in this community, but it doesn’t look the same now as it did then— and I believe that’s because of Christ Fellowship. Every day, you’re bringing hope, help, and a lot of joy!” AGENT RIVERA
“As someone who calls Christ Fellowship my church and believes in what I’m giving to, being able to see first-hand where the resources are going makes me so proud to be a part of it—both at church and at work.” AGENT SILVESTRE
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“Christ Fellowship means everything to our city. Without this partnership, the work that we’ve done, are doing, and will do wouldn’t be possible if God hadn’t placed you here.” AGENT WARREN
“Christ Fellowship has opened my eyes to what ministry should look like.” CAPTAIN PAYNE
“Through physical help and spiritual hope, Christ Fellowship has single-handedly changed the community of Belle Glade.” SERGEANT SIMMONS
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CRISIS RESPO
Crisis Response Children in Afghanistan
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ONSE Tent camp in Haiti
Your Christ Birthday Offering makes a difference amidst disaster. Through our partnership with Convoy of Hope and World Help, we are prepared to meet needs as soon as they arise and are among the first on the ground when a disaster strikes. This past year, when a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, we were able to bring life-saving resources and relief supplies—which included distributing over 3.5 million meals to those in need. After the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, we were part of meeting critical needs like shelter and water for thousands of refugees. And when Hurricane Ida—one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the U.S.—ravaged through Louisiana, we immediately sent our Missions team to partner with relief efforts on the ground. Because of your Christ Birthday Offering, we’re able to deliver the hope of Jesus in the wake of seemingly hopeless situations.
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Responding and Ready:
Distribution Center Back in 2020, the Christ Fellowship Missions team opened its first-ever Distribution Center fully funded by your Christ Birthday Offering. This 7,500 square-foot space equips us to respond immediately to crisis situations in South Florida and allows us to offer help on a daily basis as needs arise in our communities.
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We’ve been able to partner with companies and organizations like Walgreens, Convoy of Hope, Restoration Bridge, Elev8Hope, and many more.
Since its opening,
76,930 people have been directly impacted through the Distribution Center.
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Strategic Partners
Every day of the year, through our strategic partners, we are on the ground bringing the love and message of Jesus to those in our region and all around the world. What we give together through Christ Birthday Offering is maximized by using their expertise in working with local churches, cultures, and governments.
A21
A21, founded by Christine Caine, exists to fight human trafficking in all its forms, including sexual exploitation and trafficking, forced slave labor, bonded labor, involuntary domestic servitude, and child soldiery. Through Sisterhood, we partner with A21 to eradicate human trafficking through awareness, intervention, and aftercare.
ARC
The Association of Related Churches (ARC) is working with church planters and church leaders to provide support, guidance, and resources to launch and grow life-giving churches. In 2021, 71 new churches were planted through ARC! Every year, these ARC church plants give over $15 million to missions efforts around the world.
Children’s Impact Network
Children’s Impact Network (CIN) is a nonprofit organization that demonstrates God’s love through missions projects around the world to children and youth that are at risk—and trains, equips, and networks leaders to do the same. Through our partnership with CIN, we’ve provided a safe place to call home for children in Bolivia, Honduras, and Chile.
Convoy of Hope
Convoy of Hope works through churches, businesses, government agencies, and other nonprofits to deliver help and hope to those who are impoverished, hungry, and hurting. Through our partnership with them, we are consistently among the first to respond to disasters throughout the world and feed over 387,000 kids in 17 different countries on a daily basis.
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EQUIP
EQUIP, a nonprofit organization founded by Christ Fellowship teaching pastor and best-selling author Dr. John Maxwell, is committed to mobilizing transformational leaders in every nation around the world through live conferences, biblically-centered resources, technology, and partnerships. Since the beginning of our partnership with EQUIP, we’ve been a part of training 5 million Christian leaders in every country of the world, teaching Christian values to 2 million children in public schools, and leading 314,681 people to Jesus.
Hand of Hope
Through our alliance with Hand of Hope, the missions arm of Joyce Meyer Ministries, we get to be a part of providing global humanitarian aid, feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, ministering to the elderly, widows and orphans, visiting prisoners, and reaching people of all ages and in all walks of life. This past year, we partnered with Hand of Hope to open a school for girls in Zambia.
India Gospel League
India Gospel League is an indigenous, Bible-centered ministry born and operated in the heart of India. Millions across South Asia still need to hear the good news about Jesus, and millions more need practical support like education, medical care, and economic opportunity. With India Gospel League, to date, we’ve been part of planting 90,000 village churches.
OneHope
OneHope has a mission to impact destinies, not just modify current circumstances. They are actively fulfilling this mission by bringing God’s Word to every child in a way they can understand. In partnership with OneHope, we will support the vision to reach every child in every nation with God’s Word by the year 2030.
World Help
World Help is a Christian humanitarian organization that seeks to provide impoverished communities around the world with physical help for today and spiritual hope for tomorrow. This past year, through World Help, we were able to provide immediate life-saving supplies to refugees in Afghanistan and rescue girls in Thailand from the bond of human trafficking.
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“Christ Fellowship is one of the true Kingdom churches in America. Their love, compassion, and action to make a difference is incredible.” DAVID MEYER CEO, Hand of Hope
NICK WIERSMA VP of Disaster Services Convoy of Hope
“Convoy of Hope works with over 15,000 churches, but there are few that cast the mission shadow that Christ Fellowship does. Every single day, you are a vital part of providing real help and lasting hope to people in need all around the world.”
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“Since the beginning of our partnership, Christ Fellowship has played a vital role in leading 314,681 people to Jesus.” DR. JOHN MAXWELL Founder, Equip
CHRISTINE CAINE Founder, A21
“We are so grateful for our long-standing partnership with Christ Fellowship. Their faithfulness and generosity remain a perpetual source of encouragement for our team, and the constant support has not only allowed us to reach millions of vulnerable individuals but identify and assist thousands of victims of human trafficking.”
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VISION
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Every dollar you give to Christ Birthday Offering will make a difference toward continuing our impact both locally and globally, and supporting additional initiatives like these…
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World Serve
Hand of Hope
In partnership with World Serve, CFKids and CFStudents will be a part of building large-scale, sustainable, solar-powered water wells in Tanzania as we seek to help solve the world water crisis by 2030—which would mean universal and equitable access to clean water for every person on the planet.
Through Hand of Hope, we will be a part of a project for vulnerable communities in South Africa called Seeds of Hope which will provide education through a school, nutritious meals through a feeding center, fresh water through a community well, and jobs through an agriculture program.
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OneHope In partnership with OneHope, this year, we will help deliver its Book of Hope Scripture book to one hundred million children around the world.
Speak Life Through Speak Life End Bullying the Musical, we will be part of sharing this film with one million students in one thousand schools in just one year as we partner to end bullying together.
Convoy of Hope In partnership with Convoy of Hope, we will continue to be amongst the first on the ground bringing hope in disasters and feeding over 387,000 kids in 17 different countries on a daily basis.
CityHouse Through CityHouse, we will renovate 5 more houses for homeless single moms and their children so they have a safe place to call home. We will also begin efforts to open up homes in the northern region.
Project 42 In partnership with Project 42, we will be part of bringing the hope and message of Jesus to 42% of the world’s population still waiting to hear it through the startup of small businesses like CrossFit gyms, coffee shops, and creative arts facilities in unreached regions that wouldn’t otherwise be open to traditional missionary methods.
Every Christmas we come together as a church to celebrate what God has done and to dream together of what God will do in the coming year. But your Christ Birthday Offering is more than just an offering. Together, we will... Deliver hope to someone who’s hungry. Deliver hope to someone who’s hurting. Deliver hope to someone who’s helpless. We have this hope that people all around the world need to hear—but it can’t stay here. When you give your Christ Birthday Offering, you’re delivering a gift that will last more than just one day. This Christmas, we invite you to give the gift of hope. –Pastors Todd & Julie
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This Christmas, the greatest gift you can give is hope.
text the word GIFT to 441-441
online at cf.church/gift
at the giving stations during service or by mail with the envelope available at your location.
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