2025 Light the World Giving Machine Initiative Global Launch

2025 Light the World Giving Machine Victoria BC
2025 Light the World Giving Machine in Victoria, BC

From the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, General Authorities and General Officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will announce the worldwide locations and deliver remarks to kick off the Light the World Giving Machine Initiative 2025 season.

Light the World, the annual Christmas initiative of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, invites everyone to celebrate the birth and life of Jesus Christ and to follow His example of caring for and serving others.

This year, the Giving Machine Initiative will be larger than ever before:

  • 126 cities
  • 21 countries
  • 6 continents
  • More than 500 nonprofit organizations worldwide are participating
  • Over 4,000 items available for donation

The Church’s Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube accounts will livestream this event.

More information and media assets will be available on the Church’s Newsroom website (www.Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org) after the event.


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