Tonight is the time for making that online gift. If you give online at midnight you can double your dollars through a matching gift from UMC Global Ministries. Last year Dakotas Conference Advance Projects Katie Peterson--Out in Faith Bakken Oil Rush Ministry, Solar Oven Partners and Tree of Life Ministry were recipients of over $30,000 in matching funds.

So get ready to click and give.  Here are some tips to make it happen:

• Several hours before 12 am December 1 CT (11pm Nov. 30 MT), go to one or all of the links below to donate to one of the Dakotas Conference Advance projects:

Solar Oven Partners

Katie Peterson--Out in Faith Bakken Oil Rush Ministry

Tree of Life Ministry

• To practice, click on red GIVE NOW box. Review the form and be ready to fill it out. Note that your church can get credit for your individual gift. DO NOT click the SUBMIT button now. Just know what you have to do.
• A few minutes before 12 am on Dec. 1 CT (11pm Nov. 30 MT), go to the SOL giving site. Click on red GIVE NOW box. Fill out the form including the amount of donation and your credit card number. Use your cell phone as a timer.
• At 12 am Dec. 1 CT (11pm Nov. 30 MT) click on red SUBMIT box. It is all in the timing because the match options are met within minutes. Your contribution will be matched dollar-for-dollar by UM Global Ministries up to $1 million for all contributions to Advance projects like Solar Oven Partners.

A note from Solar Oven Partners:

Last year Solar Oven Project received $9,100 in matching funds from Global Ministries on Giving Tuesday—a very significant gift!!

On December 1, our Volunteer in Mission team flies to the DR for a 10-day oven building and training mission. Watch our Facebook page for updates.  

Tonight is the time for making that online gift. Imagine what a $10 online contribution from every Dakotan reading this story can accomplish in the Dominican Republic in 2016.

Please pray for the volunteer team, praise God for newly opened doors in the Caribbean and celebrate #GivingTuesday.

Photo: On the August 2015 inaugural trip to the Dominican Republic, Ron Borgman (Spearfish) and Rick Jost worked by flashlight to get some ovens assembled for the first cooking seminar the next morning. 

You can make an enormous difference in the lives of a Dominican family if you stay up late tonight!