Ways to use these stories with adults and the entire church
These stories will help adults understand how the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering helps missionaries. Share the stories in adult Sunday School classes, missions group meetings and home Bible study meetings. They’re also suitable for sharing with your entire church during Sunday morning worship, Sunday evening worship or mid-week services.
Stories for Adults and the Entire Church

Message marked URGENT

In India, this modern-day Moses writes on one tablet at a time. See what 8 cents can do.

Fastest office on four wheels

Like a doctor doing rounds, Judy Miller makes hut calls in West Africa. See what $75 can do.

Muscle-bound Bible study

Workouts at the gym lead to new work areas out in Mongolia's countryside. See what $200 can do.

U-turn for streetwalkers

In Ecuador, Bible studies keep 30 women coming back for more. See what $790 can do.

Soccer field, mission field

In Italy, an online chat room helps a soccer team webmaster become a soul winner. See what $80 can do.

40-day field trip

Missionaries training in sub-Saharan Africa see life as their laboratory. See what $2,312 can do.

Really tilling the soil

Extra farmhands in Ukraine help a pastor put down roots. See what $3,400 can do.

Worth the wait

Not even gunpoint would move the Sayang* from their precious gift. See what $1 can do.

City of Lights, camera, action

A women's film group southeast of Paris is a work in progress. See what $4,000 can do.

2008 Adult Stories

See more stories in our 2008 archive.

Ways to use these stories with adults and the entire church

  • Download, print and distribute the Lottie Moon @ Work bulletin inserts.
  • Download the photos and videos and use them to help tell the story.
  • Use the stories as part of a Who's Missing? Whose Mission? sermon or missions emphasis. See the one on the Sermon Helps page in this year's Lottie Moon Christmas Offering Pastor's Guide. The DVD included with the guide contains brief videos to use as sermon illustrations.
  • Use the EXTRAs to enhance your outreach, like holding a talent raffle or farmer's market included with the Really tilling the soil story or hosting an online chat room included with the Soccer field, mission field story.
  • Set a Lottie Moon giving goal based on a missionary dollar need featured in one of the stories. For small dollar items, consider increasing your giving based on multiple units of an item used by a missionary (for example, 20 Gospel tapes x $1/tape = $20). Display your giving goal with a bulletin insert of the story, plus its photos. Track giving toward your goal each week and include that as part of your display. Register your church's offering goal.