The deadline to sign up for sponsorship Monday, Nov 24th.
"Right now, an estimated 1.5 million children have a mom or dad in prison. Angel Tree is a ministry that reaches out to the children of inmates and their families with the love of Christ. It seeks to transform the lives of these families and to reconcile them to their Heavenly Father and each other. In Matthew 18:5 Jesus said, "Whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me." There are children right in your community who are among the most at-risk children in the nation. Angel Tree provides an opportunity to connect with those families and begin ministering to them at Christmas and then continue through a variety of year-round ministry opportunities. Angel Tree Christmas works by connecting parents in prison with their children through the delivery of Christmas gifts. In most cases, local church volunteers purchase and deliver gifts and the gospel to children in the name of their prisoner-parent."
GFC Angel Tree
Every year, our church sponsors a number of children in the Oakland area, bringing both the joy of God's love and Christmas presents on behalf of their inmate parents. Last year, we sponsored 72 children and over 50 came to our Christmas party. Bc of the large turn out of sponsors last year, we've increased our number to over 100 children this year!
How do I become involved?
Each child sponsorship is about $40 (2 x $20 gifts). Decide with your friends, or group how many children you'd like to sponsor. You'll need to designate 1 person to be the contact person (sponsor lead) and sign up on this page. www.gracepointonline.org/signups. Once I receive you sponsorship information, I'll send you information about your child and the suggested gifts from their parents. Your group will be calling them an introducing yourselves and inviting them to the christmas party. The sponsors will be purchasing and wrapping the gifts and inviting them to a Christmas party where they will receive their gifts from Santa Clause! If they are unable to attend, the sponsors will deliver the gifts to the children's homes. I'll be sending more details out to the sponsor leads.