During our Shared Offering every week, we collect items for a local agency.

For our service offering this month at Thoreau, we will be collecting NEW toys for children whose parents are struggling to provide a merry Christmas. Christmas is everywhere already…every store and houses already lit up. You know the kids are talking about it at school. But not everyone can afford extras like presents.  Just as in years past, Thoreau will be collecting toys for kids to help them have a Christmas, just like their friends.

We share half of our Sunday Offering with a community partner.

In November, our Sunday offerings will be shared with East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry. Their goal is to alleviate hunger and raise the community’s awareness to the problem of the needy in their area by:

• Efficiently administering the Interfaith Food Pantry.

• Aiding persons and families in temporary crisis situations.

• Helping persons understand and utilize resources within the community.

Every few months, Thoreau offers a “Service after the Service” for the entire community to come together for a hands-on project.

Join us in December as we wrap the Christmas presents we’ve been collecting for families in need.