Shop At Alternative Christmas Market

This is the second year in a row that I have shopped at the Alternative Christmas Market at Solana Beach Presbyterian Church. Actually, I should say that this is the second year that I have shopped ACM online.

You may have an Alternative Christmas Market at your church or a church near you.

The following is from Solana Beach Presbyterian's ACM website:

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For those of you who don’t know about the ACM, it’s an opportunity to buy gifts of food, shelter, medicine, water and education for needy people right here in our own neighborhoods as well as in many countries around the world. Purchase these gifts in honor of your family members, friends, neighbors, colleagues or children’s teachers and give them a beautiful Christmas card with an insert explaining the gift you gave in their honor.

Our Alternative Christmas Market (ACM) is turning 24 years old this year.

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Read more by clicking here or on the title of this post.

Below is a list of just some of the different causes to which you can make a donation. You can print out an insert to drop in a Christmas card that you give to a loved one.

I took these details from the actual online receipt less than an hour ago. If you look closely you'll see that I could have saved $3.00 by shopping "live" at our Alternative Christmas Market during recent Sundays at Solana Pres. Have you ever bought 1/2 kilo of earthworms for someone for Christmas?

I will tell you that I did purchase midwife training on behalf of the Afar, meals at Ladle Fellowship and earthworms in the Philippines as well as other worthy causes.

Who do you know that might appreciate something from the list below? (Would you?) Please take a couple minutes and look it over. You never know...

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Name of Event: Alternative Christmas Market 2009

Shipping Information: Not Applicable.

The base cost of $3.00 above is the service charge which will be added to each
order. Please enter the quantity for each item in the box. Your total will be
calculated and shown at the top of the payment page.

First Name Charles
Last Name Hicks-Moore


Afar Partnership (Ethiopia) - A Weekend Training for an Afar Midwife
Afar Partnership (Ethiopia) - A Month Supply of Sterile Blades to Cut Umbillical Cord
SBPC Creation Care - Spell & Smell for the Hamilton Children's Garden
Floresta - 10 Trees for a Family
Food Truck Ministry - One Child's Care Package
Ellie Goolkasian - 100 Cups of Milk for Migrant Kids
Ellie Goolkasian - A Pair of Shoes for an Orphan
SBPC Hispanic Ministry - One Pair of School Shoes
Ladle Fellowship - 7 Hot & Savory Meals
Marchena & Allred (Intervarsity) - Attending Leadership Conference for a Student
M.O.M Camp Pendleton - Fresh Produce for a Family
Oaxaca Partnership (Mexico) - A Breeding Pair of Rabbits
Oaxaca Partnership (Mexico) - A Brood of 10 Chickens
Presbyterian Council of Military Chaplains - One Share of "Chaplain Family Conference"
Presbyterian Council of Military Chaplains - Shipping Fee for Chaplain Devotional Materials
SBPC Reality Changers - One Share of Academic Scholarship
SBPC Reality Changers - A Forest Home Camp Scholarship
SBPC Reality Changers - A Full UCSD Academic Connections Scholarship
Greg & Kathy Saracoff (Team Tijuana) - Beans to Feed Hungry Kids
Greg & Kathy Saracoff (Team Tijuana) - 5 Dozen Eggs for Esperanza Rehab
SD Rescue Mission - A Hot Meal for 12 Homeless People
SD Rescue Mission - A Night at the Emergency Shelter for 3 Women & Children
SD Rescue Mission - A Day of Work Therapy, Recovery Class, Bible Study & Meals for 3 Homeless Men
South American Theological Seminary (Brazil) - 2 Weeks of Tuition at SATS
St. Leo's Dental Clinic - An Extraction
Farming with Natural Solutions (Philippines) - 1/2 Kilo of Earthworms or 4 Ducks
Safe Water Solutions (Gambia & Tanzania) - Training & Materials for a Village Group
Tranforming Lives Thru Micro Loans (Peru & Sri Lanka) - A Start-up Loan for a Family or Community
Tranforming Lives Thru Micro Loans (Peru & Sri Lanka) - A Small Business Expansion Loan

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Keep walking!