GIVING TREE!!!
WHAT ARE WE DOING?
The Social Ministry group will “adopt” some local families for Christmas. We are working with the Colonial Neighborhood Council which has identified families who have needs due to family illness, domestic violence, abandonment, or other troubles. We will provide gifts and food.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Take a name tag from the tree. Each tag identifies a member of a family, and provides the gender, age, and size of the person you’ll shop for. If you grab a tag with “mom” on it, the mom would benefit from a food basket or grocery store gift card. Put your name and telephone number on the sign up sheet in the box corresponding to the tag # that you selected, so we can follow up just in case you forget to return the gifts by SUNDAY, December 10th.
WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR?
After you buy the gift, please DO NOT WRAP THE GIFTS, so that parents can see what their children are receiving. You are welcome to provide wrapping paper. Either way (and this is important), tape the name tag on the gift so we can identify it and get it to the right family.
CAN I HELP ST. PETER’S AT THE SAME TIME?
Sure! BEFORE you go shopping, buy a script card from St. Peter’s. You can either donate these gift cards to the family in need or use them to buy specific items. When you purchase a script card from St. Peter’s, for anything from food, clothing, to entertainment, St. Peter’s earns a percentage of each card purchased and you still get the full value of the card you are buying.
WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR BRINGING IN YOUR GIFTS?
All gifts and donations should be returned to the church by SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10th
St. Peter's RaiseRight Christmas Wreath!
Beginning November 12, 2023 through December 10, 2023, every time you make a $25.00 RaiseRight purchase on-line or in-person you will receive ONE raffle ticket towards winning approximately $300.00 worth of cards on the St. Peter's RaiseRight Christmas Wreath.
A drawing will be held on December 17, 2023 when the winner will be notified. You do not need to be in attendance on December 17, 2023 to win. The more RaiseRight $25.00 purchases you make the more chances you will have to win!
Support St. Peter's with RaiseRight (formerly ShopWithScrip)!!
RaiseRight (formerly ShopWithScrip) has been in operation at St. Peter’s since 2007. So far, the RaiseRight program has contributed $39,600.00 to St. Peter’s. This includes $2,100.00 raised in 2022. When someone buys RaiseRight cards, they pay the face value of the card and they get the face value of the card. St. Peter’s receives a percentage of that face value from RaiseRight. The customer doesn’t need to do anything except purchase the cards. The “donation” part of the process is all done behind the scenes.
Gift card purchases through RaiseRight don’t have to be hundreds of dollars - $5 and $10 cards are available and all amounts help pay down the church mortgage. Download the RaiseRight app, sign up (our Enrollment Code is D96653C515851) and be part of something impactful for St. Peter’s. Or, visit Jane Stettler at the front door of the church before or after the service. You can also contact Jane and she will send you a sign-up email to walk you through the process.
