GIVING HOPE
A guide for experiencing and sharing the hope of Jesus this Christmas season.
Around the World
Operation Christmas Child
Share the love of Jesus with children around the world through Operation Christmas Child! Pick up a shoebox, fill it with gifts, and return it to our drop off location on campus. Every shoebox is an opportunity to share the hope of the Gospel!
Pick up boxes on campus October 25th.
Drop off boxes to any of our drop off locations on campus by November 15th.
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
Your gift to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions sends and supports International Mission Board missionaries among the unreached, and 100% goes to the field. You can give to Lottie Moon online at churchonbayshore.org/give or through our giving envelopes. Designate offering to ‘Lottie Moon’.
The Jeffersons, IMB Missionaries
The Jeffersons, a couple from our Bayshore family is now serving as missionaries in North Africa! A complete Bible translation has just been completed in the language and dialect of the people group they are reaching. Each Bible costs $40 (which includes printing and shipping). This Christmas season, you can give the gift of the Word of God. Give online or through our giving envelopes. Designate offering to ‘North Africa.’
Around our Church
Carols & Communion
On Sunday, December 20th gather with us as we celebrate the birth of our Savior through Christmas carols led by our
Bayshore Kids followed by a meaningful time of Communion. Together, we’ll reflect on the hope and joy of Christmas and the greatest gift of all Jesus Christ.
Kid’s Ministry is available for Birth- Kindergarten.
Christmas Eve Services
1:00, 2:30, 4:00, & 5:30pm
Celebrate the joy and wonder of Christmas Eve with a special worship service for the whole family. Through Christmas carols, candlelight, and the focus of Christ’s birth, we’ll reflect on the hope and peace found in Jesus, our Savior.
Preschool Ministry available (Birth-Kindergarten)
available during the 4:00 service.
Around our Community
Community Wide Thanksgiving Meal
Help us welcome our church and community for our Thanksgiving Day Meal on Thursday, November 26th. Whether it’s helping setting up the day before or being there to serve and sit with others on Thanksgiving Day, we would love for you to be a part of this event.
Register to volunteer or for the meal online.
Christmas Eve Food Deliveries
We want to bring a warm meal to families in need on
Christmas Eve. Volunteers are needed to help deliver meals. Boxes are picked up from Po Folks and delivered to the families in our local area.
New Blankets for Dialysis Patients
Help keep our community dialysis centers fully stocked with new blankets for their patients during the holiday season. Our goal is to gather 250 new blankets! Drop off any new, single blanket along with a Christmas card to one of our donation bins November 1st-15th.
Around our Home
Christmas Devotional
Join us this holiday season as we follow along in a church wide devotional, Everyday Gospel, during the month of December. This devotional is designed to connect the Christmas story to our everyday lives, reflecting and focusing on the beauty of our Savior’s birth and how it changes everything.
Book cost $5.00. To register and pay for your book, visit our events page.
You can pick up your book on November 22nd.
Family Advent Boxes
Kid’s Ministry has a special Christmas box just for your family! This box includes a family advent guide and special Christmas crafts designed to help your family celebrate and reflect on Jesus this Christmas season. These boxes are free, but there is a limited quantity.
Pick up for these boxes will start Sunday, November 22nd.
Register your family, on our events page, to ensure a box!
