The Hope Offering
Fueling compassion and faith across the Bay Area.
Now until December 31, 2024.
The Hope Offering
Fueling compassion and faith across the Bay Area.
Now until December 31, 2024.
Dear Echo Family,
We’re in a time desperate for hope — with many feeling disconnected, divided, and empty. This also means we’re living in an opportune time for the church to rise with the message that changes the human heart and connects people to a life of greater purpose.
That’s why we’re asking you to join us in fueling compassion and faith across the Bay Area through this year’s Hope Offering. The Hope Offering is an opportunity for us to stretch our faith with radical generosity, giving above our regular giving to causes that advance God’s purposes.
We’re asking you to stretch your faith and make a tangible impact in these two ways:
- Give sacrificially to our church’s collective mission so that we can continue to serve, love, and bring hope to people in every corner of our region.
- Give sacrificially to your personal circles of influence — whether a neighbor, coworker, or family member. Let’s let generosity open doors for miracles.
Let’s step boldly into this moment, trusting God and believing that our generosity can be the catalyst for transforming our region with the love of Jesus.
With love and gratitude,
Filipe and Mandy
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. — Romans 15:13 (NIV)
Fuel Our Collective Causes
Echo Compassion: $400,000+
Our sacrificial giving helps advance our local, regional, and global compassion efforts, including:
The Next Generation: $200,000+
Here are some of the ways our generosity can fuel our impact in the next generation — one of the most important priorities at Echo.
Spiritual Formation: $200,000+
By giving above our regular giving, we can create tools that facilitate spiritual growth.
New Website & App
Echo Worship Album
Seedling App
Revenue-Generating Opportunities & More
From investing in projects that create more ministry revenue to funding future opportunities for growth, every dollar we raise above our goal helps transform people for generations to come.
- Preschool: Re-launch a preschool at the North San Jose campus — $200,000+
- Event-Ready Spaces: Develop event-ready spaces for rental at all three campuses — $50,000+
- Fremont Campus: Finish upstairs office and ministry space at the Fremont Campus — $3 million
- Sunnyvale Campus: Expand Sunnyvale campus auditorium and next gen space — $2 million
- North San Jose Campus: Purchase the North San Jose campus — $15 million
- New Campus: Start a new campus in Mountain View, Palo Alto, or Morgan Hill — $500,000+
- Debt Free: Eliminate mortgage debt for the Fremont and Sunnyvale campuses — $10 million+
Every Single Gift Matters
As you pray and ask God to reveal your level of participation in the Hope Offering, use the chart below to inspire and challenge you toward radical generosity. Our goal is for every person at Echo to participate in this offering through joyful sacrificial giving above their regular giving.
# of Families | Gift Amount | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 750 | $100 | $75,000 |
| 500 | $250 | $125,000 |
| 150 | $500 | $75,000 |
| 90 | $1,000 | $90,000 |
| 40 | $2,000 | $80,000 |
| 20 | $5,000 | $100,000 |
| 10 | $10,000 | $100,000 |
| 5 | $20,000 | $100,000 |
| 3 | $30,000 | $90,000 |
| 2 | $50,000 | $100,000 |
$1,000,000+ |
Generosity in our Personal Circles of Influence
This season, we’re also challenging everyone in the Echo community to think of ways to generously bless those in your schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods — marking this season by giving, not getting. Here are some creative ways to practice personal generosity:
- Surprise someone by filling their car with gas
- Buy the coffee of the person next to you in line
- Promote a local business on your social accounts
- Send a gift card to a college student you know
- Bake cookies and take it to a neighbor you’ve never met
- Host a Christmas party and invite friends to Echo
- Volunteer for a cause with your friends
- Get donuts or bagels for a team or group
Frequently Asked Questions
First and foremost, we ask that you pray and seek God’s guidance on participating in this offering and then respond with what you sense Him saying to you.
Between now and Dec 31, 2024, we ask you to give sacrificially, above your regular giving, to the Hope Offering. Additionally, we’re asking all in the Echo community to think of ways to practice generosity with those in your personal circles of influence.
You can give online by going to echo.church/give. Select your campus, then select the “Hope Offering” fund.
We also encourage you to consider giving stocks, IRAs, or crypto — a tax-efficient way to bless the Kingdom, as you and the church are exempt from capital gains taxes. You can also give through your company’s matching fund or other third-party donor-advised funds. Please give before December 31, 2024, so we can celebrate what God has done collectively.
Echo’s Directional Leadership Team, under the accountability of our board, will assess our priorities and determine the best ways to invest our resources for maximum Kingdom impact.
Echo.Church is accountable to two governing boards, an internal Board of Trustees and an external Board of Overseers. These boards work alongside our Directional Leadership Team to ensure that all our accounting, budgeting, investing, and stewardship systems are above reproach. In addition, Echo voluntarily submits to an annual audit by a third-party reputable firm.
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