Children's Ministry Idea Bank

Submitted by:
Daniel Bunce, Children’s Pastor
C & Adams Street Church of God
502 Adams Street
Fayetteville, NC 28301

Christmas Charity

Since we are an inner-city church with a bus ministry, we have many needy children that attend our church. At Christmas we have our version of the Angel Tree for those children in the church that may not have much of a Christmas without our help. We have organized the program in several different ways over the years.

One method is to send an information form home with those children who your Children’s Board and pastor decides needs help. On the form, request the child’s name, age, sizes and hobbies. This information (excluding the child’s name) can be included on a paper ornament hung on a tree in the vestibule of the church. To match the ornament with the child, you could label the ornaments 1A, 1B & 1C for a family of 3 children. The next family would be 2A, 2B, etc. People are asked to wrap the gifts and place them under the tree by a certain date. You should also offer the opportunity for people to simply donate money and have a designated group of shoppers to purchase gifts for children left on the tree.

If you have ideas to contribute, contact Tony Lane at ycessce@extremegen.org.

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