How it works
Every Living Threads shirt is a thank-you to someone who helped you find your faith. A small chip sewn inside carries your words, and every shirt given adds a branch to The Living Thread.
If you’re giving a shirt
Pick the person
Think of someone who helped you find your faith or grow in it.
Buy the shirt and write your thank-you
At checkout, tell them how they impacted your faith. Choose how your name appears on the tree: full name, initials, or anonymous.
We pack it and link the chip to your gift
Each shirt’s chip is matched to your order before it ships, so your words are waiting when they tap it.
Give it
We ship it straight to them, or to you if you’d rather hand it over yourself.
If you received a shirt
Tap the shirt with your phone
Hold the top of your phone near the tag. No app needed.
Read their thank-you
The first thing you’ll see is the message they wrote about how you shaped their faith.
Press "Set up my shirt"
Choose how your name appears on the tree. That’s it: you’re now a branch on The Living Thread.
Keep the thread going
Give a shirt to someone who shaped your faith, and a new branch grows from yours.
If you tapped someone else’s shirt
You’ll see the thank-you that came with that shirt and where it sits on the tree. From there you can learn the Gospel, take today’s faith challenge, find a church near you, or give a shirt of your own.
About the chip
It’s a small NFC tag, the same kind used in contactless payment cards. It has no battery and no GPS. It holds one link to the shirt’s page, and a phone reads it only when held within a few centimeters. More questions are answered in the FAQ.