Alternative (Gift) Christmas Cards

(Deadline to Order: Friday, Dec. 6th)

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Write your own cards or let your friends at SoSA handwrite them for you.

Click the “Order Blank Cards” button above to order your cards online. We’ll ship the cards to you so you can sign them and send them out.

Click the “Let SoSA Write Your Cards” button above to order your cards and provide your list of recipients, along with any personal messages. We will handwrite and mail your cards to your loved ones for you. 

Honor Your Family and Friends While Sharing Good Food with Families in Need
While you and your family celebrate the joyous Christmas season, many Americans will experience the reality of hunger and poverty. America is one of the wealthiest nations on earth, but still, more than 40 million of its citizens suffer in poverty. 

With this Christmas Card, you can give to families in need of a little hope and good food! You can also honor your loved ones by donating to SoSA.

The Inside Text Reads:

All glory be to God on high,
and to the earth be peace.
Goodwill henceforth
from heaven to earth,
begin and never cease!

Text: Nahum Tate, c. 1700, “While Shepherds Watched their Flocks.”

 

The Impact
Every $15.00 donation you give sends an Alternative Christmas Card to one recipient and shares more than 300 servings of nourishing food with neighbors in need. It’s a sincere and loving way to share good food with families in great need and to honor the special people in your life. When you do, each person you honor will receive an exclusive Alternative Christmas Card announcing your generous gift in their name.

The Card
This Alternative Christmas Card, Birth Announcement, was designed exclusively for and donated to The Society of St. Andrew by Virginian artist James Harris. The full-color, horizontally oriented, 5×7″ card features original art on the front, announces your generous gift to feed hungry people in the name of your chosen honoree(s) and sends you an identical card that includes SoSA’s gratitude and a confirmation of the number of people you honored.

The Artist
Jim Harris, an artist and pastor from Staunton, Virginia, shares his faith-filled talent with the Society of St. Andrew through a series of paintings that began being featured on SoSA’s Alternative Christmas Cards beginning in 2018. 

Jim combines a love for biblical narrative, color, texture, and mystery into his work, delighting the eye and nourishing the soul. More of Jim’s work can be seen at https://jim-harris.pixels.com.

Would you like to add something new to your Christmas Card order this year? Check out the Alternative Christmas 11” x 14” prints here.

These large prints feature 8” x 10” artwork, and your gift will provide 700 servings of food for families in need this Christmas season.


The Artist’s Inspiration

I have never seen a heavenly being or angel. Yet I feel as though angels are and always have been all around me. Sometimes we are like angels in that we proclaim the love of God through our acts of love, such as feeding the hungry. We may not feel worthy of such a title, nor do we seek that accolade, but to one experiencing food insecurity we are an answer to their prayer. All those who glean fields and meadows collecting fruit and vegetables to share with others are messengers of God’s grace. This is my final painting for the Society of St. Andrew Alternative Christmas Card. It has been an honor and a blessing to be able to share my art for seven years to aid in the work of the Society. As you send out this year’s card my prayer is that it will be like an angel as well, proclaiming the birth of the Messiah, and encouraging the recipient to be like angels and share with those in need. – Artist, Jim Harris

Order Cards (Send to Me)          Let SoSA Write Your Cards (Write for Me)

No other gift can do so much for so many.
Click the button at the top of this page to go to the order form. We’ll send you the cards and envelopes to personalize and mail, or if you prefer, we will send them on your behalf in time for Christmas. 

As we fulfill God’s command to share His love and peace and feed hungry people, may you experience the joy of sharing His abundance with those in need and be blessed with God’s peace.

For your convenience, you can use your VISA, MasterCard, or American Express on our secure website.

The minimum gift donation for EACH card is $15
All gifts are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

Please note that the deadline to order is always the first Friday in December (December 6, 2024). 

(This allows enough time to write and mail your cards during a busy time of year for postal deliveries.)