How to Shop
Present your shopping order form at the table, showing the total amount of your purchases. The total will include special missions (Kenya and Lebanon), AGI causes, and fair-trade items. Pay either online or by check.
1) Pay online at the church’s website via Realm. In your Realm account, select Giving, then Give, then from the dropdowns, select “Alternative Gift Mkt.”
2) Or, Checks should be made out to First Congregational Church or FCC UCC with “alternative market” noted in the memo line.
If you are not coming into the church or will be out of town for the season, you may also shop and order directly on the AGI site, alternativegifts.org. IMPORTANT: At check-out, be sure to credit our Gift Market (First Congregational UCC, Boulder CO) in a fillable box on their site, so that we can see the total giving from our church!
Fair-Trade Stocking Stuffers
Looking for a stocking stuffer or an extra item to add with your gift card? Buy Fair-Trade Equal Exchange chocolate, tea, or coffee at the Alternative Gift Market table. Who wouldn’t enjoy organic dark chocolate lemon ginger with black pepper or organic French roast coffee?
Shop Mindful Works
Tired of giving mass produced items for holiday gifts? Stop by the Mindful Works table the first three Sundays in December to find special handmade gifts including poufs, pillows, and other home décor. Our mission partner Mindful Works makes these beautiful products, which provide job training for those living with persistent mental illness. The benefits of work and employment are a proven and crucial component of recovery.
Link: Learn more https://mindful-works.org or Follow us on Facebook.
Shop Southwestern Art and Jewelry
The jewelry and southwestern art of our friends and former artists-in-residence, Vivian and Burke Burbank, will be available at this Sunday’s Christmas Markets. Please stop by to see and buy their beautiful artwork. Your purchases help them provide services such as transportation, groceries, and water delivery to a wide extended family on the Navajo reservation.
