Women who use a Blessing Box tend to see God’s abundance and blessing more than scarcity and hardship.
For more than 60 years, the women of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) have had a special way to express their gratitude to God for the blessings they have received – the Blessing Box. Thanks is given for a sunny day, a birth, a reconciling experience, a welcome phone call, a child’s smile, a beautiful snowfall, a flower in full bloom, relief from pain, a good book, a safe journey, and many other things. It is a way of saying “Thank you God, for your world and especially for people.”
For those who participate, it is a spiritual discipline even more than a financial one. It helps keep a focus on gratitude to God and on the responsibility to share blessings with others. The amount is not nearly as important as the discipline of regularly remembering God’s goodness through the acts of dropping in coins and praying prayers of thanksgiving.
Has the Blessing Box spiritual practice made a difference?
Yes! In addition to cultivating life-long habits of thanks-giving, the Blessing Box has generated millions of dollars in mission support. Since 2007, 50 percent of the donations go directly to the ministries carried out by the women of our church through the International Disciples Women’s Ministries. In 2020, the Kansas Disciples Women Care and Share Fund. Monies in this fund are the remaining 50 percent of Blessing Box donations that stay in the Kansas Region. The Care and Share Fund was created to provide financial support of mission and service opportunities within the Kansas Region and beyond. Your giving makes a significant difference in the mission of the church at home and abroad.
Blessing Box offerings are dedicated at Spirit Fest each spring. Opportunities to give to the Blessing Box offering are found at events such as Spirit Fest, Retreat and other gatherings of Disciples Women.