The project is a modern day parable designed to illustrate how God’s grace and mercy is given to people. It’s not based on earning it, but asking for it.
Each year, millions of dollars are given to very worthy humanitarian organizations in the Treasure Valley who perform vital acts of love and care. The Grace Gift Parable’s $10,000 budget for parking ticket fines will also go to needy families and individuals who will be served through this outreach. The Grace Gift Parable is an expression of God’s love and a demonstration of how his gift of forgiveness is received: Not by earning it, but by receiving it as we would a Christmas gift. No funds were taken from any humanitarian organization or cause.
We’re not sure; we’ll see how this year goes. December is a great time to draw attention to the message that God has an amazing gift for us, but many don’t understand how to receive it. So maybe next year we will come up with something else.
Over 80 churches from different Christian denominations that work together in the community called the Christian Churches of the Treasure Valley Association.
It was just an idea we came up with that would creatively illustrate how God’s grace and forgiveness is given to people. It’s all about a gift that we don’t have to earn, and many people just don’t understand that concept. We hope this will help people understand. It’s good news!
We (pastors) have all experienced God’s love and mercy in our own lives, and we wanted to help others understand it as well. A relationship with Christ is the greatest relationship a person can have, and many people think they have to get cleaned up and do good works to earn God’s love. The good news is all you have to do is ask.
