Give + Thanks

Our church made it a focus this last Sunday to engage our community with the love of Christ in a tangible way. Here are some highlights from our recent thanksgiving events.
 
Thanksgiving Baskets
This year, our church family came together to build and deliver Thanksgiving baskets to families in need, ensuring they could enjoy a traditional holiday meal. Here are some highlights:

• 8 families served (23 people in total)
• Volunteers included Bryan and Fay Glass, Virginia Glass, Patricia and Kyle Hicks, and Kaitlin and Andrew Hankins
• Stories of impact:
  • Fay was grateful to pray with a couple facing health and job challenges during the holidays.
  • Patricia delivered baskets to a family whose children were overjoyed to receive them.
  • Kaitlin prayed with a woman whose father was recently diagnosed with cancer.
  • Virginia encouraged an elderly couple facing health issues to spend time with family.

Each delivery was more than just a meal—it was an opportunity to share compassion, encouragement, and prayer. A special thank you to Kaitlin Hankins and her family for leading this event!

Thanksgiving Community Dinner: Welcoming Our Neighbors
Our Thanksgiving Community Dinner was a beautiful expression of hospitality and generosity:

• Over 30 people served in person
• 75+ meals delivered or provided to-go
• 1 full Thanksgiving meal donated to a family in need
• 20 turkeys donated (16 smoked by a dedicated volunteer!)
• 100+ people enjoyed a meal in our ministry center
• 30+ desserts donated
• 500 flyers handed out to invite our neighbors
• Almost every food item was donated with little spending needed!

We met new faces, including a couple looking to connect with the community and possibly find a church home. Many of our members volunteered and many guests asked how they could help, and the spirit of giving was truly contagious. Thank you to JT and Brittany Parsons for leading this event!

A Heart of Thankfulness
This season, our church not only provided meals but also shared love, prayer, and hope with our neighbors. Thank you to everyone who donated, volunteered, and prayed. Our church lived out Colossians 3:12-15…

“Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.”