A Letter from Pastor Dennis
Christmas Missions
Imagine a single act of generosity that ripples across neighborhoods, state lines, and oceans – bringing immediate help and support and changing lives for eternity.
Dear Celebration Church Family,
God has called us at Celebration to be a beacon of hope to the hurting, both at home and across the globe. Every year, our Christmas Missions Offering allows us to step beyond our regular giving to demonstrate radical love to people locally and around the world.
Every dollar given through our Christmas Missions Offering goes directly to proven leaders, dedicated missionaries, and trusted ministries. Here is how your generosity will be put to work.
Giving Tuesday is December 1Make your Christmas Missions gift part of a global day of generosity.
Give NowWhere Your Gift Goes
Here is how your generosity will be put to work
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Local Transformation
Our Region
- Fighting Hunger & PovertyPartnering with Giving Hope NOLA to feed struggling families and providing Benevolence Funding for elderly and disadvantaged neighbors.
- Investing in YouthFunding youth and family ministry through Love Your Neighbor NOLA, Urban Impact, and our Hollygrove/Dixon Life Transformation Community Center to meet the needs of inner city families and help children break cycles of poverty.
- Mobilizing the ChurchFunding 2027 Days of Impact projects to deploy volunteers across our city to repair homes, bless schools, and serve local families and ministries.
- Overcoming Homelessness & AddictionSupporting the N.O. Mission, Bethel Colony Transformation Center and our Celebration sponsored homeless ministries.
- Ministering to College StudentsSupporting Collegiate Ministries on local college campuses and our annual Friendsgiving Outreaches to college students and young adults.
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National Involvement
Across Our Nation
- Planting New ChurchesProviding seed funding to launch vibrant churches across Louisiana and other key target U.S. cities.
- Empowering Frontline LeadersProviding monthly resources and backing to over 2,500 NAMB missionaries and the Association of Related Churches (ARC).
- Gideon’s MinistryProviding support to a ministry that distributes Bibles to schools, hospitals, hotels and communities throughout our nation.
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Global Impact
Around the World
- Disaster Relief & HousingDelivering urgent humanitarian aid for 2027 disasters, providing potable water for people in southern India, building homes for families in Guatemala, and supporting orphans through Echoes of Mercy (Kenya), Watoto (Uganda), and Giving Hope Ministries.
- Solar BiblesSending solar-powered audio Bibles into remote oral-culture villages in Africa so tribes can hear Scripture in their native language.
- Equipping Pastors & MissionariesTraining 500+ international pastors, funding short-term trips for Celebration members, and supporting 3,500+ IMB and independent missionaries, many in hostile regions.
- Sending Mission TeamsIn 2027, every campus will send mission teams to destinations like the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and beyond.
Our Vision
100% Participation
If every individual and family in our Celebration family prayerfully gives $50, $100, or more above their regular tithe to Celebration Church, we will fully fund every one of these strategic initiatives for 2027.
How You Can Give Today
Online
Visit celebrationchurch.org/give, choose your campus, and select Christmas Offering in the dropdown menu.
In Person
Use a Christmas Missions Offering envelope during any weekend service throughout the holiday season.
Thank you for your open hands and unwavering commitment to reaching hurting people everywhere. As 2 Corinthians 9:6–11 reminds us, God richly blesses a joyful, generous giver so we can be generous on every occasion.
Praying with expectation,Dennis WatsonLead Pastor, Celebration Church