The Giving Tree for Christmas

Help area families have a happy holiday! For 2025, St. Paul's will be providing $25 Target gift cards to families in need so they can purchase gifts for their children. Providing Target gift cards gives the recipient families maximum flexibility to select and purchase meaningful, age-appropriate presents. 


This year we will be providing for households on our Hunger Ministry list plus those referred to us by partners at Montgomery County through the Department of Health & Human Services. 


Your contributions make our Holiday programs possible!


There are three ways you can participate:

  1. Donate a $25 Target gift card. Deliver it to the church office by Sunday, December 14.
  2. Donate financial support in any amount! These funds will be collected together and church staff will order cards in the $25 amount, directly from Target. You can donate online by credit card (use the button below!) or by cash or check made out to St. Paul's with "Giving Tree" in the memo. 
  3. Sign a Christmas card for recipients. Our Holiday Giving team is planning to have a card-signing station at the Sipping Ministry fellowship time after worship on December 7 or December 14. Add a personal touch, or even a short message, to the Christmas cards going to our recipients.

Holiday Giving Donation




Please note: We are NOT accepting gifts of toys this year. If you prefer to donate toys, there is a toy collection bin at Strosnider's Hardware Store (10504 Connecticut Ave, Kensington, MD 20895) for the 27th Annual Angels for Children Holiday Toy Drive serving  low-income children in the Wheaton area. Toys and games must be new and un-wrapped. Read more at https://mhpartners.org/holiday-toy-drive/

Thanksgiving

Holiday GIving

Thanks to the generosity of St. Paul's members and friends, our Holiday Giving program will provide a special $50 Thanksgiving grocery card for households in our Hunger Ministry, plus local referrals we received through Montgomery County's Department of Health and Human Services and their Holiday Giving Project. 


This grocery card will enable recipients to build a Thanksgiving meal that honors their traditions and accommodates dietary restrictions and food allergies. (Plus, it frees our volunteers from handling perishables like turkeys or pies...!)


Thank you to all our generous donors and volunteers who made this possible!


Your support makes this program possible. To make a contribution, click the button to donate online to the Thanksgiving holiday giving initiative.

Thanksgiving Donations


You may also donate any time by check made out to St. Paul's UMC with "Holiday Giving" in the memo.


Every contribution helps make the holidays brighter for our less fortunate neighbors. Thank you for helping St. Paul's serve our community this way!

HOliday Giving at St. Paul's

The winter holidays are a special time to celebrate how much we can do together when the Spirit moves among us during the holiday season.  


Each year, members and friends of this congregation have provided food resources for hearty Thanksgiving meals, and Christmas-time gifts for children. We've made the holidays brighter for approximately 150 families (and over 200 children) yearly, even during the early days of the covid-19 pandemic. St. Paul's has also served annually as the Montgomery County local partner for the 20895 ZIP code for the Department of Health and Human Services "Holiday Giving Project."


Whether you can tackle something big or do something small, it all adds up to make the holidays brighter for our neighbors. 


All our holiday giving initiatives are made possible by lay leaders and volunteers who serve our community in vital ways. These opportunities are above-and-beyond our monthly commitment to providing grocery resources year-round to food-insecure neighbors living in the 20895 ZIP code through our Hunger Ministry.


To find out more or volunteer, contact St. Paul's Ministry Table leader Grace Graham, or email Erin Steele in the church office at stpaulsunited@stpaulsk.org. 


For information about our year-round food program, please view our Hunger Ministry page.