{"id":1710,"date":"2026-09-10T20:52:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2026-09-10T20:52:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:52:02","slug":"invitation-to-give","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/invitation-to-give\/","title":{"rendered":"Invitation to Give"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Connor Lad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are moments when it can feel like one person&nbsp;can&#8217;t&nbsp;make much of a difference. But Jesus has always worked through ordinary people who are willing to offer what they have. A few loaves and fish. A cup of&nbsp;cold water. A simple act of generosity. It only takes a spark.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today,&nbsp;we&#8217;re&nbsp;invited to be part of something bigger than ourselves. The gifts we give in this offering will support the Global Food Initiative, helping provide food, strengthen communities, and remind people around the world that they are seen, valued, and deeply loved by God.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No gift is too small. Every act of generosity becomes part of God&#8217;s work of hope, healing, and abundance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we prepare to receive this offering,&nbsp;let&#8217;s&nbsp;watch this short video and see how God is using people just like us to help light that spark around the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Global Food Initiative: Imagine God&amp;apos;s Abundance\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HAd2L29LiaU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Connor Lad There are moments when it can feel like one person&nbsp;can&#8217;t&nbsp;make much of a difference. But Jesus has always worked through ordinary people who are willing to offer what they have. A few loaves and fish. A cup of&nbsp;cold water. A simple act of generosity. It only takes a spark.\u202f&nbsp; Today,&nbsp;we&#8217;re&nbsp;invited to be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[77,82,81,80,66],"class_list":["post-1710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-offering","tag-connor-lad","tag-gfi","tag-global-food-initiative","tag-invitation-to-give","tag-offering"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1711,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710\/revisions\/1711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}