Phillips Christmas Give-a-thon Part 2

I’m excited to let you know about the results of the Phillips Christmas Give-a-thon! Around the middle of November I posted this:

“Julie (my wife) and I will give when you give. If you purchase any World Vision gift of any value my wife and I will give $5. If your gift is over $100 we will give $10. We'll contribute up to $500 to World Vision for up to five shares of a Deep Water Well. So, that's fifty of you giving over $100 to World Vision or one hundred of my faithful readers giving any amount to World Vision.”

Then we left the link to the World Vision catalog:

“To be a part of the Phillips Christmas Give-a-thon, just go to the World Vision online catalog by pressing the following link – CATALOG.”

In response, we had two posts on the blog:
Liz “bought a wheel chair” and Peg “bought a goat!” I want to thank both Peg and Liz for their giving spirit! Here’s the interesting part, though. Many others chose to email me privately on both myspace and my Frontline email to let me know that they had purchased something from the catalog. Several of them said that they “didn’t want to lose their reward in heaven!” This came directly from a sermon I preached on November 27th, only a few days after I posted the “Phillips Christmas Give-a-thon” blog. (Here’s the link to listen to the message online: Center part 8. Go about half way down the page until you see a series titled “Center.” Part 8 is the sermon I’m talking about here).

I’m thrilled that many of you decided to give “in secret” in response to the sermon! I also want to clarify though that people like Liz and Peg will receive their heavenly reward as well! The important thing to remember is the motive behind the act! Remember, “God alone search[es] the heart and examine[s] the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve.” (Jeremiah 17:10) In other words, those of you who gave in secret will be rewarded just as those of you who gave publicly for the purpose of spurring others on to acts of giving!
In total, nineteen of you purchased something from the catalog. Julie and I didn’t have time to determine how many gave under $100 or over $100 so we gave everyone credit for a purchase of $100 or more. So, we agreed to give $10 for every purchase over $100. The total then is $190. We rounded up to $200 and here’s how we partnered with your donations:

Goat - $75.00
Fishing Kit - $40.00
Hope for Girls Rescued from the Sex Trade - $35.00
Provide $300 Worth of Necessities - $25.00
Maximum Impact Fund - $25.00
TOTAL - $200.00

Thanks again for joining with us to show God’s love to people around the world in a practical and tangible way. Julie and I are looking forward to partnering with you in 2007 to live out our mission of impacting our generation in Washington and around the world with the message of Jesus!

Carpe Deum! (Seize God!)
Todd Phillips
www.toddphillips.net