A Season of Gratitude

As Thanksgiving approaches, our church family is blessed with meaningful opportunities to care for one another and to extend Christ’s love to our community. Whether you’ve joined these efforts before or are considering it for the first time, we warmly encourage each member to choose at least one way to participate this year. Your contribution—large or small—makes a difference.

1. Thanksgiving Food Drive — Happening Now Through Thanksgiving Day

Our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive is underway, and every item collected helps us support individuals and families in our congregation, school, and preschool who could use food assistance this holiday season.

How to donate:

• Thanksgiving Eve Service (Wed, Nov 26 at 7 pm): Bring items to the tables in the west corridor
• Thanksgiving Morning Service (Thurs, Nov 27 at 9 am): Tables in the west corridor
  
• Before Thanksgiving: Drop items into the Compassionate Care Collection metal baskets located in the Ministry Center or Narthex (north of the sanctuary)

Please donate non-expired canned and pantry items to help fill the shelves—and hearts—of families in need. We’re also grateful for the generous response of members who have already given $25 grocery gift cards, which will be included anonymously in the Thanksgiving food distributions.

If you or someone you know from our congregation, day school, or preschool could use food assistance this November, please speak confidentially with one of our pastors.

2. Produce Donations for the Altar Guild’s Thanksgiving Display

The Altar Guild is once again preparing a beautiful Thanksgiving display for our worship services. You can participate by donating fresh produce to adorn the sanctuary.

Produce Drop-Off:

• Before 10 am on Wednesday, November 26
• Bring items to the sacristy (the room behind the baptismal font)

After the services, suitable produce will be added to the Thanksgiving Food Drive—another way your gift can bless others.

3. “Boxes of Love” Food Sorting

Friday, November 28 at 9 am - West Corridor outside the sanctuary

One of our favorite Thanksgiving traditions is assembling food boxes to support families who have expressed a need. On Friday, Nov 28 at 9 am, volunteers of all ages are invited to help sort and pack food.

The process is done respectfully and confidentially, and it’s a wonderful family-friendly way to serve together. We’d be grateful for your helping hands!

We invite you to prayerfully choose at least one or more of these opportunities to CARE for each other and with each other. This season of gratitude becomes even richer when we share what God has given us with others.