How to Purchase Gifts of Hope
The fastest and simplest way to purchase Gifts of Hope during Advent 2008 is in person, at a Gifts of Hope sales event in an ELCA congregation in the Washington DC metropolitan area.
1. Review the 2008 Gifts of Hope Catalog.
2. Pick up a Gifts of Hope Order Form in your congregation.
3. Write a check to your congregation (or pay in cash).
4. For each purchase, receive three items: a gift card, an envelope and an insert describing your chosen gift.
5. Mail or give the cards with inserts to family, friends, office mates, or teachers.
To find an ELCA congregation, visit www.elca.org/ELCA/Search/Find-A-Congregation.aspx.
If you cannot visit a Washington DC area ELCA congregation or if you are ordering during 2009:
- Review the 2008 Gifts of Hope Catalog.
- Print and fill in the Gifts of Hope Order Form (pdf) .
Note: PDF requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, click here to download.
- Add $1 to the total on the Gifts of Hope Order Form to cover the cost of mailing cards, inserts, and envelopes to you.
- Make your check payable to: Christ the Servant Lutheran Church.
- Write Gifts of Hope on the memo line of your check.
- Mail the Order Form and your check to:
Gifts of Hope Orders
c/o Christ the Servant Lutheran Church
P.O. Box 2188
Montgomery Village, MD 20886
- After you receive the cards, inserts, and envelopes by return mail, you send or give the cards with inserts to family, friends, office mates.
Please Note: The website is not able to accept credit card transactions. We will endeavor to fill orders promptly but cannot make guarantees about delivery times. We will send the cards, envelopes, and inserts you purchase to you via U.S. mail, so please plan ahead if you plan to mail them on to others.