when we come face to face with the reality that North American Christians spend 97.4% of what we earn on ourselves and the 2.6% that we do give away… is primarily used to do church on Sunday morning.
We believe this picture needs to change!
So here at Timberline we developed the Bucket Offering.
Each week we decide to eat less so that others can eat period. Money saved from fasting a meal each week, or skipping out on luxuries like eating out or morning lattes, goes into our Bucket Offering to aid causes of extreme poverty.
Currently, our long term Bucket Offering initiative is to support Piedras Negras, a village in Guatemala that we partner with through World Help and Hope of Life. Since the beginning of 2017, we have been able to raise over $65,000 to provide much needed new classrooms, bathrooms, playground equipment, and a health clinic for the the village! We had the privilege of sending 3 teams of people from Timberline down to Guatemala to help work on the projects and meet the leaders and people of the village.
We are currently working on Phase 3. Due to everyone's collective generosity, we're well on our way!
If you are on a mobile device, you can give online here.
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