The Crop Walk is a city-wide and national event with many local churches participating. In addition, our church serves as the host site for the starting and ending points of the CROP Walk each October. To contribute meaningful gifts to families in need at Christmas. A warm, new sweater, a pair of gloves, new work pants, or clothes for school are important. So are gifts of gasoline to families struggling to work and raise children.
Simple toys bring great joy to children who live in families existing just above the poverty level.
Prior to the holiday season, a Christmas Giving Tree is placed in the Fellowship Hall by the Deacon s Local Help Committee and is trimmed with 75-100 cards marked with names of family members and individuals referred by Hope House and the Salvation Army. Gifts from the Giving Tree have also brightened the lives of our Bosnian refugees. The tags offer suggestions for gifts or clothing. Church members choose a tag, add a simple gift to their holiday gift-giving, and donate gifts to local families. The gifts are delivered to a drop-off point by volunteers and then distributed to the specific families.