Once again this year St. Paul UMC will provide Christmas gifts for children and families who receive services from Wellroot Family Services and the Stewart Center.
We will sponsor six children from Wellroot. Once we receive the children’s wish lists, we will hang ornaments on a Christmas tree in Chester Commons.
Some ornaments will bear the name and age of one of the children and a gift that the child requested on his or her wish list. Other ornaments will bear a QR code which will link you to the church’s website so that you can make a monetary donation.
We expect the tree with the ornaments will be in place by Sunday, November 9. If you select an ornament with a gift, please bring the gift unwrapped to the church office or leave it under the tree in Chester Commons by Wednesday, December 3.
If you pick an ornament with a QR code, the money you contribute will go to purchase additional Christmas gifts for the Wellroot children and items for the Stewart Center’s Holiday Pop Up Shop which gives parents the opportunity to buy gifts for their children at greatly reduced prices.
We will also provide Kroger gift cards to Stewart Center families shortly before Christmas.
And, of course, you can make a donation the old fashioned way by putting cash or a check clearly marked for this project in the offering plate on Sunday morning. Monetary contributions can be made through Sunday, December 21.
The Wellroot children and Stewart Center families greatly appreciate our sharing the spirit of Christmas with them.