Dear Metro Family,
As we enter this beautiful season of Advent, I’m thrilled to invite you to take part in our annual Christmas Offering, beginning Sunday, November 23.
For more than twenty one years, we’ve had the privilege of watching God transform lives in powerful ways through Metro. We’ve seen broken marriages healed, lonely hearts restored, and lives forever changed by the hope of Jesus Christ. Every story of redemption reminds us that God is still at work—here in our church and beyond.
Each Christmas, we come together as one body to make a lasting impact for God’s Kingdom. This special offering is more than a tradition—it’s an expression of gratitude and faith. It’s our chance to give generously, trusting that God will multiply what we bring to bless “the least of these” (Matthew 25:40).
Year after year, your generosity has been a reflection of God’s heart. Because of your giving, lives have been touched, families supported, and hope extended to those who need it most. At Metro, we continue to believe that when we give out of faith and trust in God’s provision, He does far more than we could ever imagine.
As you pray about this year’s Christmas Offering, I encourage you to listen for what God may be placing on your heart to give above and beyond your regular tithes. Let’s come together once again to make this Christmas a season filled with hope, healing, and love for our community and the world around us.
Blessings,
Pastor Peter
So far we have raised
$0
of our $211,000 goal!
Goal: $211,000
Offering Period:
Sunday, November 23, 2025 – Sunday, January 25, 2026
Offering Breakdown
Metro Community Center, Englewood | $60,000
Metro Community Center is excited about this new year! We are continuing to offer mentoring, tutoring, SAT prep, guidance counseling and an array of fun, new experiences to the students enrolled in our MetroLIFE program for Englewood High Schoolers. They will also continue their college tours and special programming with Englewood Health’s Shirvan Live Well Center. This year, we are also partnering with Pa’Lante, a local nonprofit, to provide academic support to middle-schoolers and leadership development for high schoolers. We are so grateful for your continued support as we provide much-needed programs and support for the youth of our Englewood community and beyond. If you’d like to volunteer as a mentor, tutor, College Navigator or to provide a fun experience to our students, please reach out to Coco Kim, Michael W. Smith or Pastor Sanetta. We’d love to have you join us!
Zimele, South Africa | $50,000
Since 2007, Zimele USA has empowered over 13,000 rural women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, impacting over 70,000 lives! In partnership with Zimele Wethu Foundation, women are trained, mentored, and equipped with financial literacy, small business skills and life skills. These remarkable women are breaking cycles of intergenerational poverty and building a better future for their families and community, creating lasting change. Zimele is committed to confronting the root causes of poverty by recognizing and cultivating the God-given potential in women. In 2025, we will continue our mission to empower women in KwaZulu-Natal by:
Strengthening and deepening our support for women in the Zimele program to ensure lasting, transformative change.
Enhancing existing social service projects with a focus on small business development, agriculture, and cultivating youth interest groups, modeled after and led by women in successful Zimele small groups.
Bridging connections between Zimele USA and the South African communities by developing opportunities for youth leadership and global awareness through increased US volunteerism.
Strengthening U.S. engagement by facilitating Ambassador trip opportunities and supporting locally-led fundraising events and projects.
Continuing to support our partners at Zimele Wethu with their staffing and program needs to ensure sustained impact and growth.
We are excited to continue this journey together to expand God’s Kingdom in South Africa in 2025.
Missionaries, Worldwide | $41,000
Metro is fortunate and excited to be able to partner with multiple in-house missionaries.
Linda Swanson serves missionaries through Paraclete Ministry (paraclete.net) in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa through various conferences and small group gatherings in their local region. Her ministry has allowed missionaries and their families to heal and be restored from difficult challenges that they face on the mission field.
Scott and Christina Kwak have been on the field for the past 11 years primarily focused on sustainable development and multi-generational impact through business as missions. They work with women and young adults coming out of challenging situations taking a holistic approach to fully love and care for anyone that is willing to take steps towards a new beginning in their lives. They equip and empower individuals / families through transitional housing, vocational training and job opportunities within the Bella Goose programs.
Jong Ah Park serves as Director of Global Mission and Leadership Development for Korean Campus Crusade for Christ (kcccusa.org) and CRU (cru.org), organizations that reach out and minister to college students around the U.S. Jong Ah will organize short-term and long-term mission trips, as well as develop curricula and implement leadership programs for college students.
Samuel Lee serves as a Campus Staff of SOON Movement Global (smglobal.org) at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Samuel engages with students in discipleship, trains and equips student leaders, strategically organizes the regional multi-campus praise and prayer gathering, serves in the operations of SMGs annual winter conference, and leads annual overseas summer mission trips.
Church Plant | $25,000
Pastor Doug will be planting a new church alongside a core team from Metro Community Church! This church, set to launch in Fall 2026, will carry forward the vision of a “Weak Church” here in the Tri-State area. We’re grateful to stand alongside Pastor Doug as he brings this calling to life, and we can’t wait to see how God will use this new community to make a lasting impact.
Rooted Ministries, USA | $10,000
Rooted Ministries is a non-profit providing care to several dozen pastors around the country. Right now approximately 40% of pastors are considering leaving the ministry. They are burned out, tired of the politicizing of Jesus, weary of being the focal point of so much emotional baggage from so many, discouraged by the shallow nature of many of their relationships (because they are not safe), scratching their heads about the exodus of almost every demographic from the pews, and wondering how to bring Jesus Christ and his redeeming love to our culture that is changing at break-neck speed. We have come alongside pastors from all over the country this year so that they can abide in the love of Jesus Christ, and continue to live into their call to give that same healing love away to their churches…who in turn will give that powerful love to our broken world.
Gateway Foundation | $10,000
Gateway’s Family Housing Program provides a safe place for women, young adults and children to live in community as they heal and prepare to be self-sufficient. It is a sanctuary that fosters growth, resilience, and independence. They are excited to expand their ministry efforts to Bangkok in 2026 to reach more people who need emergency housing or who are growing into a vocational capacity and starting out their efforts in life.
Weak Church Alliance, USA | $10,000
The Weak Church Alliance exists to equip and empower pastors to courageously embrace their weakness as the starting point for God’s supernatural power. Through coaching, resources, conferences, and community, they train pastors to live and lead through the power of weakness. Our mission is to help leaders embrace vulnerability, rely fully on God’s strength, and lead their churches with greater humility and authenticity. Together, they are building a global movement of pastors to bring revival and renewal to their churches and themselves.
Immigrant Connection Inc., USA | $5,000
Immigrant Connection, Inc. is a ministry whose mission is to ensure greater access to high-quality, low-cost immigration legal services across the United States. Since 2014, they have served over 40,000 immigrant families. Immigrant Connection specifically works with churches to equip them to provide welcome programs such as citizenship classes, English conversation classes and family resource nights. They also help churches establish immigration legal clinics in their local communities. Immigration Connection has provided a wealth of knowledge to Metro as we discern how God is leading us in the area of immigration.
Ways to Give
1. App & Website
Whether you choose to give online via the giving portal on the website (emetro.org/give), or via the Metro App, the process is the same:
• Type the amount you wish to give
• Select either a one-time, or recurring Gift Type
• Select "Christmas Offering" as your Giving Type
• Click the Next button and follow the prompts
2. Online Banking
You can set up a one-time, or multiple check(s) to Metro Community Church through your bank’s online checking. Most banks offer this service at no charge.
Be sure to notate “Christmas Offering” on the memo line of any checks that you give.
3. By Mail
If you’d prefer to send your gift by mail, you can send it to our office at:
Metro Community Church
PO Box 5762
Englewood, NJ 07631
Be sure to notate “Xmas” on the ‘Other’ line of the envelope or “Christmas Offering” on the memo line of any checks that you give.
4. Donate Stock
If you own stock that has appreciated in value, it can be a significant benefit to both Metro and you if you choose to donate it to the Christmas Offering. Please contact Pastor Peter at peter.ahn@emetro.org if you would like to give in this way or desire additional information.
All donations to the Christmas Offering are tax-deductible. In order receive tax deduction credit for the year 2025, you MUST donate in 2025.
For more information regarding our Christmas Offering, please email info@emetro.org.