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To the many members of our church community who supported Holiday Joy 2025: THANK YOU! Your contributions helped brighten the holiday season for 121 local families, including 274 children. You’ll find more detail here.

We have received an invitation from Faith Lutheran Church to support Maple Alley Inn, a community meal program operating under Opportunity Council. This program works to ensure that all members of our community have access to nourishing food and a welcoming place to gather, regardless of background or circumstance.

The Christmas Fund has been caring for active and retired clergy and lay employees of the United Church of Christ for over 100 years, providing emergency grants, supplementation of small annuities and health premiums, and Christmas “Thank You” gift checks each December to our lower-income retirees.

On the next five Sundays, December 7, 14, 21, and 28, Garden Street Church will be collecting non-perishable items for the Food Bank.

There are many ways to contribute to the success of Holiday Joy! You can:

Donate gifts and/or gift cards. Deliver to FCCB by December 7, volunteer to help at the event, provide stocking stuffersor provide boxes for shoppers to carry their gifts in. (Deliver to FCCB morning of Dec 7 or Dec.11.)

Holiday Joy provides a holiday shopping experience for families who cannot afford gifts for family members during the holidays. You can participate by taking one of the ornaments from the Holiday Joy Tree in the FCCB narthex starting this Sunday, November 16.

Holiday Joy provides a holiday shopping experience for families who can least afford gifts to provide family gifts at the holidays.