Alternative Giving through The Advance is really two gifts in one: a gift to the people it helps and to the person it honors. One hundred percent of your gift reaches its intended project.
Visit a listing of projects for alternative giving.
Advancing Hope: A Monthly UpdateDecember 2008: The Widow's Penny and Alternative Giving are featured in this month's newsletter that shows you how United Methodists make a difference in the world.
November 25, 2008--A Global Ministries missionary serving in China received the Sichuan Province's highest honor for foreign experts.
Advancing Hope: November E-NewsletterIn This Issue: Ricardo's Envelope: World AIDS Day; Advocate of the Month: Bon Air United Methodist Church, Richmond, Virginia; Did You Know? Giving Resource Guide 2009-2012; Featured Resource: The Advance Alternative Giving Flyer.
by Mary Beth Coudal
A missionary couple serving in Tanzania find great similarities among United Methodists in Africa and the United States.
The Advance is an accountable, designated-giving arm of The United Methodist Church that ensures 100 percent of each gift reaches its intended mission or ministry. You decide which program or ministry to support through The Advance. 
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2009-2012 Giving Resource Guide Of The Advance
The Covenant Relationship Brochure
The Advance Bookmark
The Advance Strength in Numbers
(A DVD Resource)
