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Christmas Offering

An excerpt from the Stewardship letter mailed last Tuesday:

As we embrace the spirit of giving during this holiday season, I invite you to prayerfully consider

participating in our annual Christmas Offering. This special offering will be taken at our

Christmas Eve service on December 24th. The majority of our offering this year (80%) will go to

sending Westside – yes, the congregation – to camp next year. Yes! we are hoping to book a

day or two at one of our wonderful Methodist camps and retreat centers next year to grow closer

to each other and to the Lord. Your generosity will help defray the costs for everyone!

Two other ministries will receive the remaining 20%:

● We will be supporting Ty Collier, our Stewardship month guest speaker, by sending him

10% towards his work with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) in our area.

● We will be setting aside the other 10% to the Helping Hands Ministry Fund run by a team

of disciples at Westside. This fund has been very active this year, and has run dry due

to the demand of those who need a helping hand once in a while - a bag of groceries, a

tank of gas, paying down a utility bill, etc. We want to fund this ministry so that many

people can continue to experience God’s blessing in hard times.

Please listen to what God places on your heart this giving season.

We will see you on Christmas Eve - Tuesday - at 4:00 pm.

Items for Christmas Baskets due this Sunday

We are providing gifts for children and food for their families this Christmas.

The gifts signup is full (THANK YOU!) but there’s still time - and a need - for you to sign up for the food sign-up

All gifts should be wrapped and tagged with the child’s number and name (see the signup list). All gifts and food must be brought to church this Sunday, December 22. You will need to make arrangements with Bonnie B if that doesn’t work for you.

Donations are always appreciated, to purchase perishable food and/or missing items. Please note your donation as Outreach.

Bonnie will be organizing and delivering gifts and food on the afternoon of Monday, Dec 23. Please let her know if you can help.

Thank you!

Christmas Baskets

Help make Christmas more jolly for several families this year.

We are providing gifts for children and food for their families. Here is the gift sign-up and the food sign-up

All gifts should be wrapped and tagged with the child’s number and name (see the signup list) and brought to the church by Dec 22.

The food must be brought to church on Sunday, December 22. You will need to make arrangements with Bonnie B if that doesn’t work for you.

Donations are always appreciated, to purchase perishable food and/or missing items. Please note your donation as Outreach.

Bonnie will be organizing and delivering gifts and food on the afternoon of Monday, Dec 23. Please let her know if you can help.

Thank you!

Food for Christmas Baskets

Sign up today to bring oranges, coffee, and more for several families’ Christmas celebration.

The food will need to be brought to church on Sunday, December 22. You will need to make arrangements with Bonnie B if that doesn’t work for you.

Donations are always appreciated, to purchase perishable and/or missing items. Please note your donation as Outreach.

Sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4BABAF22AB9-53927900-food.

Thank you!

Gifts for Children

This Christmas, we will provide gifts for seven girls and boys.

All gifts should be wrapped and tagged with the child’s number and name (see the signup list) and brought to the church by Dec 22.

Bonnie will be organizing and delivering gifts and food on the afternoon of Monday, Dec 23. Please let her know if you can help.

The food signup will be out next week. The gift wish lists are found here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4BABAF22AB9-53809296-christmas

Thanksgiving Food Needed!

Only two people have signed up to bring items for our Thanksgiving baskets! Donations are due this Sunday, Nov 24.

You can help by donating food items or cash donations (indicate Outreach on checks or PayPal.) Sign up today at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4BABAF22AB9-53315838-thanksgiving.

Also, Bonnie could use some help on the afternoon of Monday, Nov 25, to box up items. Contact her for the exact time.

Thank you for helping six families have a more joyous Thanksgiving!