Invite your pastor to participate in Compassion Sunday!

To host a Compassion Sunday event at your church, you first need to coordinate the details with your church. To help you get started, we've prepared this prewritten message inviting your pastor to join us in releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name! Just fill in the blanks to send this message to your pastor.

Pastor's Email

Dear

Pastor Name

You may customize this message to your pastor or keep it as is

I'd like to share a special opportunity with you — it's called Compassion Sunday. And it's a chance for our church to put our faith into action by helping kids escape poverty. Let me explain ...

Have you ever heard of Compassion International? It's a ministry dedicated to releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name. They partner with local churches around the world to provide holistic development for children in poverty. Support is provided to those churches by partnering with people like us who are willing to sponsor a child in their community.

As a current Compassion sponsor, I've seen the impact sponsorship can have on a child's life — and I'd like to invite more people into that. That's where Compassion Sunday comes in.

Every year, thousands of churches in the U.S. participate in Compassion Sunday to speak up on behalf of children in poverty and to connect them with caring sponsors. I'd love for our church to be a part of this amazing day. Our Compassion Sunday event can be as simple as me making an announcement at the end of the service and inviting people to visit a sponsorship table. Or it can be part of a whole service about caring for the poor.

Sponsoring through Compassion has given me a tangible way to live out my faith. I love that by sponsoring, I'm connecting my child with a local church and the chance to hear the gospel. It has also inspired me to be more generous in other areas of my life. I believe more families at our church would have a similar experience if they sponsored a child.

So, what do you say? Can we host a Compassion Sunday event at our church this year? If so, keep scrolling and click the "Approve" button.

I'll do all the work to make the Compassion Sunday event happen — I just need the OK from you to officially register our event.

If you’re ready to say yes, you can approve now, and I’ll get an email notification that you’ve given your approval. And once I’ve received the email, we can work together to pick a date for the event.

But if you’d like to learn more about Compassion Sunday and how it can impact our church, just visit Compassion’s Just for Pastors page. Or if you need any more information, I’m happy to answer any questions you may have. Just email me at:

Your email address

Thank you for your time and for the way you so faithfully serve our church.

Sincerely,

Your name