Christmas time is nearly here again. Soon we will be untangling strings
of lights, carefully unwrapping nativity scenes and trying our best to
shine a light on dark winter nights. We would like to invite you to join
us at the Mission of the Holy Spirit in helping our families celebrate
this Christmas. Last year's program, "Shop with an ELF" was a resounding
success - great fun was enjoyed by children and volunteers alike - so
we are happy to be presenting the program again this year.
We would like to invite churches and individuals to partner
with us in this ministry. Volunteer ELFs would be a great opportunity
for your ECW, Men's Group, EFM, outreach committee or other church
group! We need volunteers (aged 16+) to sign up to be elves to go
shopping with a child. We also need monetary contributions so each child
will be able to choose exactly what he or she wants for Christmas.
The festivities start at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 8 at
Good Shepherd, Norfolk (7400 Hampton Blvd.) with a mandatory
orientation for volunteers. Afterwards, children will be paired with an
ELF (volunteer) and share breakfast together with Santa Claus.
Immediately following breakfast, our bus will take the children and meet
the volunteers at Walmart, where the kids will make their purchases
escorted by their ELF.
Please call the Mission office at 757-858-0010 to sign up to be an
ELF (please leave your name, phone number and let us know you want to
be an ELF if there's no answer), or send donations (marked "ELF" in the
memo line) to the Mission in the enclosed envelope. All volunteers must
sign up by November 28, and contributions for ELF shopping must in the
office by that date as well. Please join us in "Shop with an ELF" and
help make the holiday season brighter for our struggling families.
