BECOMING MORE LIKE JESUS
Everyone is invited to take the Matthew 25 Challenge, January 27 - February 1, 2020. It's a week-long challenge that will help us and our friends/families step out of our comfort zones and engage in God’s love for “the least of these brothers and sisters” who Jesus calls us to care for in Matthew 25:35-40.
Great for families, friends, and individuals to participate. When you sign up you will get a daily challenge, impactful stories, and ways to pray and talk about Matthew 25 with your family or friends. To sign up, text M25 to 44888. Select January 27 as your launch date.
YOU TOO!
WE’RE INVITING EVERYONE TO JOIN IN!
No matter your age or status, you are welcome to join us in participating in the challenge.
• Great for families to do the challenge together.
• Great for friends to band together for the challenge.
• Great for personal renewal, new year’s commitments, and devotional purposes.
• Great for people of faith and those who are still exploring.
• Great for students and staff, members and leaders, neighbors and co-workers, etc.
IF YOU USE TEXTING
Open up your text messages and start a new message. If you’ve never done this before, the number 44888 goes in the space where you would put someone’s phone #. Do it just like you are texting someone whose # isn’t in your contacts.
Then, in the body of the text, where the message goes, just put M25 then click send. You’ll be asked just two things to opt in. The date of the challenge, so chose OPTION A since we’re starting tomorrow, and then, your zip code so you get texts at the right time throughout the day!
Here’s the deal, you may be tempted this week to “opt out” if you miss one of the daily challenges... Don’t. Just stick with it and do your best. This challenge has the potential to transform your faith, but only if you take it seriously and stick with it.
We believe this is going to be a life-changing experience. What if all of us did this together this week? Imagine how much we’ll all grow in deepening our love for God as we experience the lives of our brothers and sisters around the world.
We would love for you to involve your entire family. You can even invite your friends to take the challenge with you.
Don’t forget to follow our social media pages, because we’ll be posting every day this week about the challenge. We would encourage you to post too!
FOR THOSE WHO PREFER EMAIL
You can click the icon above or click here, and you will be directed to a web page where you can sign up for daily email reminders during The Matthew 25 Challenge. Remember our launch date is Monday, January 27.
FOR THOSE WHO PREFER A BOOKLET
You can click the above icon or click here to obtain a printable booklet outlining The Matthew 25 Challenge. You can start the readings today, with our challenge launch date being Monday, January 27th.
HELPFUL GUIDES FOR
THE MATTHEW 25 CHALLENGE
To enhance your experience of the challenge or to augment the daily activity reminders, feel free to use any or many of the following resources.
LIFEGROUP GUIDE
This 4-week guide will help deepen the meaning and relevance of Matthew 25 for your small group, team meeting, LIFEgroup, or home fellowship, helping you lead and disciple them around this passage.
FAMILY ACTIVITY GUIDE
This family-friendly activity guide is a fun way to dive deeper into the challenges each day. Great to use with friends too!
HIGH SCHOOL / TEEN GROUP GUIDE
Get your youth excited about the Matthew 25 Challenge! We’ve prepared three weeks of lesson plans, games and more to create a meaningful experience for adolescents. Great to use in the classroom, small group, and youth meetings.
Thank you for joining in the challenge!
If you have any questions, contact Kelsey Guerrero, our challenge coordinator.