The Joy Offering goes to the Presbyterian Church USA to assist retire church workers and church related Ethnic Schools and Colleges.
CHRISTMAS JOY OFFERING
The Christmas Joy Offering is received at the Christmas Eve Services or at any service leading up to or directly after Christmas. The Assistance Program of the Board of Pensions and the Presbyterian-related Racial Ethnic Schools and Colleges shares our gifts to the Joy Offering equally.
The Board of Pensions Assistance Program provides critical funding to help active and retired pastors, as well as other church workers and their families, deal with urgent financial needs. Sometimes these funds are used to supplement housing needs or to help with medical costs not covered by insurance.
The funds related to Presbyterian-related Racial Ethnic Schools and Colleges provide scholarships to deserving students as well as help with basic operating costs. The institutions develop leaders in the church and society and enable students to discover and pursue their professional goals.
Like our own scholarship program, which provides help to our local young people, the Christmas Joy Offering aids students of racial and ethnic backgrounds who are beyond our reach.
The Christmas Joy Offering is one of three special offerings we receive for the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. The wider church depends on the local churches to fund these special ministries. We at Desert Palms always respond generously. In 2007, we gave $6,731 to the Christmas Joy Offering.
