Faith Communities

Heifer offers faith communities resources to help deepen your congregation's understanding of stewardship and giving to those in need. Browse the links below or download our Congregational Resource Guide to learn more about each resource. You can download many of the materials instantly or call (800) 422-0474 to order a free copy.

EDUCATION TO GO
Combine your group’s spiritual education with Heifer experiences that take you out of your day to day life. We have the mission; you supply the heart for it!

Congregational Study Tours - (U.S. or International) Your group can meet the communities helped by Heifer and to see our model of sustainable development in action.

Heifer's Alternative Mission Trips - (U.S.) For youth. A different kind of mission trip to Heifer's Learning Centers that teaches your group about the challenges faced by those living in poverty.

MORE OPPORTUNITIES
Heifer Volunteer Programs - Heifer offers a variety of ways to volunteer either in your community or by becoming a residential or day volunteer at one of our learning centers.

Heifer U - Heifer U provides adults a broad overview of Heifer's international development model and introduces participants to ways that they can help Heifer by spreading knowledge of our work and mission to others.

FUNDRAISING MATERIALS
Living Gift Market - Want to make giving for the holidays meaningful again? Plan and host a Living Gift Market, a flexible alternative gift giving event. Shoppers honor a friend or loved one by giving in his or her name, while empowering an impoverished family by providing an animal and training in its care.

Fill the Ark - Fill the Ark is a four-week, daily missions giving program that offers real-life solutions to world hunger and shows that one person, one family, one congregation can make a difference in today's world.

Gift Ark- Inspire your congregation to take on Heifer's ultimate challenge: raising $5,000, which purchases a Gift Ark. The Gift Ark guide shares stories of congregations and their techniques and successes at raising money for a Gift Ark and beyond.

Bar and Bat Mitzvah Project Ideas - At the heart of Heifer's work is the Jewish notion of Tzedakah: that it is our duty to help those with genuine need. Heifer's Bar or Bat Mitzvah Project Ideas help your synagogue's youth create a unique Mitzvah project and add meaning to his or her celebration. Download Heifer's Bar and Bat Mitzvah Project Ideas.

Pass on the Gift Resources - Each April, Heifer International celebrates Pass on the Gift Month. Join us in this celebration by hosting a special fundraising event in April. Our free Pass on the Gift resources show your congregation what Pass on the Gift means, provides ideas for sermons and events to host.

Read To Feed – Read to Feed® is a reading incentive program that will foster in your children a love for reading and a passion to help others while giving your children a way to raise funds for Heifer.

Bulletin Insert - Use Heifer's bulletin insert to share Heifer's mission and work with your congregation. Offering envelopes are also available to spur your congregation's interest in helping Heifer assist millions of families around the world. Download Heifer's bulletin insert or call (800) 422-0474 to order a free copy and offering envelopes.

Heifer Challenge (NEW!) - Ever since Noah built the ark, God has called us to do extraordinary things that challenge us for the greater good of others. Your youth ministry can lead your congregation by example by matching challenges with bold people on behalf of Heifer!

EDUCATION & CURRICULUM
Feeding 5,000 (New Rotational Program!) - The Feeding 5,000 curriculum provides engaging one-hour-long workshops in Art, Drama, Geography, Science and more. The lessons are flexible so you can organize the program to best fit your congregation's needs.

Animal Crackers (Christian) – This educational fundraising program features five sessions for children, youth and adults on the topics of Hunger and the Bible, Animals, People and their Needs, Land and the Environment, and Passing on the Gift.

Animal Crackers (Jewish) - Animal Crackers for Jewish congregations emphasizes festival celebration and Tzedakha. The guide gives you 80 pages of stories, songs, inter-generational activities and crafts to engage your temple in discovering how people and animals can live in harmony with God's good Earth.

Bulletin Insert - Use Heifer's bulletin insert to share Heifer's mission and work with your congregation.

Classroom Lesson Plans - Heifer offers secular global education lesson plans for Pre-k through 8th grades that put a new spin on courses like English, geography, science and others.