Dear Presenter,
Thank you for your willingness to share the offering appeals with your local congregation. It is a wonderful and gratifying responsibility. How you present these readings will determine how effective they are. Here are some suggestions to consider before you share:
Pray: Pray for the power of the Holy Spirit. Pray that God will use your words to speak to the hearts of the congregation.
Practice: Read over the appeal at least three times to familiarize yourself with it. Read slowly and clearly. Underline or highlight keywords to emphasize during the reading. Strive to share these readings with excellence.
Prepare: Sometimes materials for special days are sent to your local church to distribute or present along with the appeal. Determine how they can be used most effectively.
Personalize: If you have a personal experience that you think will add strength to the appeal, please share it. People connect with others through stories.
Present with Passion: A presentation can include all of the above elements, but without passion, it may not stir the hearts of the hearers. Ask God to fill your heart with His Spirit so that you can present the appeal with spirit and truth.
May God richly bless you and speak through you as we take this journey together in 2025.
2025 Texas Conference Offering Appeals (English)
2025 Texas Conference Offering Appeals (Spanish)
2025 Sunset Calendar and Offering Schedule (English)
2025 Sunset Calendar and Offering Schedule (Spanish)
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Offering Appeal | December 6, 2025 | Local Church Budget
Offertory reading author Melvin Santos remembers being fascinated with mathematics in his younger years, especially with multiplication. He saw it as one of the fastest ways to reach a higher total, since multiplication is a mathematical process that adds a number to itself.
This mathematical principle later found an analogy in his spiritual journey as Santos realized that the growth of God’s kingdom often resonates better with multiplication than addition. For example, it is better to have five people each doing one ministry and teaching others to do the same, rather than just one person handling five ministries. This is the essence of “disciplers,” as he refers to disciples training other disciples.
Another way to step into the realm of such multiplication is through generous giving to God. When we present our offerings to God, He multiplies them, extending the blessings to many. We need not dwell on the mathematics of our giving or attempt to rationalize the outcomes. Merely giving in faith is sufficient.
Reflect on the promise shared by author Ellen G. White, “He will reward honest, simple reliance upon Him. The little that is wisely and economically used in the service of the Lord of heaven will increase in the very act of imparting,” The Desire of Ages, p. 371.
As we return our tithes and give our offerings, let’s see how God multiplies the gifts we give to Him. Today’s loose offering is for the local church budget.
Let’s pray…
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Offering Appeal | December 13, 2025 | Adventist Community Services
In Luke 10:30-37 Jesus tells a parable about a priest, a Levite and a Samaritan who came upon a man who had been beaten and robbed. When the priest and the Levite saw the man, they concluded that their help was optional. They could help, but they did not have to help, and in the face of competing priorities, they opted not to help.
The Samaritan, on the other hand, did not see his help as optional. Not even the hatred between his country and the other man could overcome his compassion. He saw no alternative but to help.
In Luke 10:37, NIV, Jesus tells us all to “go and do likewise.” As Christians, we see each person in need as a beloved son or daughter of God, and we are compelled to help.
Adventist Community Services (ACS) is part of this response, serving communities in Christ’s name. ACS is the Adventist Church—you and me—helping our neighbors in need.
Across the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, ACS offers help to the hurting. Whether by providing food, teaching literacy, distributing diapers, organizing job fairs or opening dental clinics, our help is not optional. It is the extension of God’s love to His creation.
Today’s offering is an invitation to join the ACS team through your gift, to bring relief and comfort to your neighbors and to make compassion your priority. Please remember Texas ACS when you return your tithes and give your offerings.
Let’s pray…
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Offering Appeal | December 20, 2025 | Local Church Budget
When offertory reading author Melvin Santos’ son was 6 years old, he told him, “Dad, I need a lot of money, and I need to make it fast!” Not sure why his son needed funds so urgently, Santos smiled and inquired, “Why do you need a lot of money quickly?” He thought maybe he
wanted to buy a new toy or bike.
Instead, the boy said, “Well, Mom’s birthday is coming up, and I want to buy a nice gift for her!” That sure cheered Santos’ heart, and he gave him the funds, seeing that his son was not asking for money for selfish reasons but out of love for his mom.
As we think about church offerings, every gift we give should be measured by the unfathomable Gift of heaven. The greatest offering we received from God is Jesus, and there is no way we can measure His love and sacrifice for us. Anything we give would appear as nothing in comparison.
Author Ellen G. White shares, “How vain the endeavor to measure with mathematical rules, time, money, and love against a love and sacrifice that is measureless and incomputable!” Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 4, p. 119.
Let’s return our tithes and give our offerings in response to the abundance of God’s love for us. Today’s loose offering supports our local church budget.
Let’s pray…
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Offering Appeal | December 27, 2025 | Texas Vision
Author Ellen G. White shares a powerful promise in The Ministry of Health and Healing: “Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us of which we know nothing. Those who accept the one principle of making the service of God supreme will find perplexities vanish and a plain path before their feet,” p. 281.
For offertory reading author Melvin Santos, this passage was not relevant to him as a youngster, because his parents provided his food, lodging and basic needs. However, after he married and had three children, expenses ate the income rapidly. Every dollar mattered. Santos remembers wishing that his babies would hurry up and get out of the “diaper stage,” because every diaper was costing them money.
Santos shares that it would have been easy to rationalize at that time since children were part of their ministry, they
didn’t need to give their offerings for several months. However, Santos knew that would put him in charge of running “God’s business” instead of allowing God to take care of his family’s needs. They learned to step out in faith and depend on Him.
Looking back on those days, Santos is amazed at how God came through in thousands of ways to provide for his family’s needs! It is now fun to reflect on how God provided all their needs then and continues to do so now.
Today, let’s not rationalize our commitment to God. Let’s trust God with all of our needs by returning our tithes and offerings faithfully. Today’s Texas Vision conference offering supports our Texas Conference family.
Let’s pray…
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NAD Stewardship Ministries
Our mission is “to reach the North American Division and the world with the distinctive, Christ-centered Seventh-day Adventist message of hope and wholeness.” Stewardship Ministries is dedicated to helping members catch this vision.
Systematic giving is part of being a faithful steward. When we return tithe, we are recognizing that God owns everything. Giving offerings expresses our gratitude for what God has done for us. God loves a cheerful giver, and He has chosen this method to support those who preach the gospel as they reach the world with His message.
You will find an extensive selection of videos emphasizing various offerings by visiting our website at nadstewardship.org/videos. You can use them in conjunction with the offering appeals or in place of them. They average between a minute-and-a-half and two minutes in length.
Faithful stewardship is a matter of the heart. We don’t give to receive love and blessings from God. We give because we have already received God’s love and blessings. We give because our hearts and lives are full of the joy of the Lord. We give because we want to live out God’s character of abundant generosity—especially as exhibited through the ultimate gift: the life of His Son. Giving is a natural response for recipients of God’s goodness.
God’s blessings to you as you help others experience the joy of faithful stewardship.
Michael Anthony Harpe, director
Stewardship Ministries
North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists
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About the Author
Melvin Santos serves as the vice president for Administration and Stewardship director for the Kansas-Nebraska Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. He is also the author and presenter of the Discipleship Master Plan: A Disciple-making Strategy for Churches and Conferences. At a young age, he was greatly influenced by the teachings of Mel Rees, a former General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Stewardship director.
Santos is passionate about establishing discipleship-driven churches and maximizing every member’s ministry potential and effectiveness as a lay minister. He also enjoys mentoring and training pastors and church leaders around the country.
He firmly believes that a successful disciple-maker also needs to be a committed steward. In his leisure time, he enjoys being a digital creator and influencer, traveling, gardening, exploring different countries and learning new languages.
He currently lives in Kansas with his wife, Juliet Santos, who is a board-certified family practice nurse practitioner and the co-founder and co-speaker of the Discipleship Master Plan Institute. They are proud parents of three wonderful adult children (and two sons-in-law): Elizabeth (Paul), Lauren (Brad) and their youngest son, Michael.
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Calendar of Offerings – NAD 2025
Special Offerings
January 11 Religious Liberty
February 8 Adventist Television Ministries Evangelism
March 8 Adventist World Radio
April 12 Hope Channel International, Inc.
May 10 Disaster and Famine Relief
June 14 Women’s Ministries
July 12 GC Session Offering: Digital Strategy for Mission
August 9 Christian Record Services
September 13 World Budget (Emphasis: Radio Ministries)
November 8 World Budget (Emphasis: Annual Sacrifice)
December 13 Adventist Community Services
Thirteenth-Sabbath Offerings for 2025
First Quarter Northern Asia-Pacific Division (NSD)
Second Quarter Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD)
Third Quarter Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division (SID)
Fourth Quarter South American Division (SAD)
Summary of Offerings, including number of weeks.
Local Church Budget 27
Texas Vision (Conference Offering) 12
Union Designated 2
North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists 5
World Budget 6
