Are You Ready to Participate in March Missions Madness?
National BGMC Campaign Challenge
March Missions Madness—Lost Change for Lost Souls

Every year during the month of March, BGMC runs its annual campaign/challenge called “March Missions Madness—Lost Change for Lost Souls.” This campaign/challenge takes place during college basketball’s March Madness playoffs. The month of March was also chosen because National BGMC Day is the second Sunday in March.

The purpose of this four-week campaign/challenge is to bring special attention to BGMC and what it does. The object of the campaign/challenge is to get every person in the church involved by looking for lost change (money) for one month in order to reach lost souls around the world. Lost souls are reached by supplying our missionaries with the supplies they need to spread the gospel.

We suggest that you give every person in the church a Buddy Box or a Buddy Barrel bank. We suggest giving out the Buddy Boxes. These boxes come folded flat so they take up very little storage space. Because they come folded flat, they fit into church bulletins. This is an easy way to get a BGMC offering container to every church person. The Buddy Boxes are the size of a juice box container. These boxes are also more cost effective for BGMC.

Challenge the congregation to search their homes, cars, sofas, washing machines, dresser drawers, etc. to find change that is “lost.” By giving this lost change to BGMC, lost souls will be reached with the gospel. Boxes or barrels are to be turned in when they are full. Some people will fill them in one week. Give them another container to fill. Announce that all boxes or barrels should be turned in on the last Sunday. Some people will continue to fill their containers throughout the year.

“Lost Change for Lost Souls” will create excitement among the kids and adults in the church as everyone gets involved in gathering money for BGMC. Adults will have opportunity during this month to show the kids their support. The adult support will instill excitement in the kids to get more involved in BGMC. This campaign/challenge is also a great way to boost your BGMC fund-raising for the year.

We also suggest that you show a BGMC video clip to the congregation and to the kids. You may want to show a clip every week. BGMC has great video clips on DVD. BGMC has also created a music video highlighting the “Like Never Before” campaign. (For a detailed listing of DVDs, look at the March Missions Madness packet on the BGMC Web site.)

BGMC has created special free March Missions Madness posters to hang up around the church and in your classrooms so that you can record the goal for March Missions Madness or the final giving total. Download your March Missions Madness Packet here.

Resources are available by calling GPH at 1-800-641-4310.

Every church who currently participates in BGMC has had two March Missions Madness posters and the MMM packet mailed to you. You should receive it within the next two weeks.

Remember: "A little bit of change can change the world!"