By Nic Cass
Angel Tree
In December we had the opportunity to bless families with Christmas gifts through our angel tree. With the help of the congregation, we gave out over 40 gifts to families in North Chicago. We also had the help of Faith’s youth in wrapping these gifts during our youth Christmas party. It was wonderful for both our youth and congregation to be involved in this ministry, and we look forward to building on this in the Christmases to come.
Home Sunday School
During Advent we came up with the idea to bring a simple Sunday school lesson into the homes of the families we were connecting with in North Chicago. We provided the families with a Christmas storybook and simple activities they could do each week to mark the progress of the Advent season.
In this new year, we have moved on to a full storybook Bible that we are using for the basis of this Sunday school. Each week when we go out to meet with the families, we give to them a directive for a story to read and an activity they can do that relates to the story for that week. We look forward to expanding this ministry as we meet new families in the North Chicago.