God has placed a strong desire in Brookwood families to give and care for others. When we come together to give in His name, the difference we can make in our church, community and beyond is incredible.
We thank God for His work in each of our lives and celebrate the love, grace and provision He’s shared with us this Christmas.
Brookwood Families - 33 families facing financial challenges received 402 Christmas gifts, at least $3,130 in gift cards, and continual prayers for their families during the holidays. If you'd like to assist a family after Christmas by donating grocery and gas gift cards, please call 864.688.8355 or email [email protected].
Days of Serving - 57 volunteers decorated the church for Christmas with trees, wreaths and loads of twinkling lights, assembled Lord’s Supper elements, organized crafts for Wonderland, and prepared candles for our Candlelight Christmas Eve Services!
Generations Group – Boys learning to experience new life after a history of sexual abuse were blessed with 162 Christmas gifts. For more information about how you can support these boys during the year, visit generationsgroup.com.
Wonderland – 206 volunteers hosted Wonderland for 298 Special Friends with their parents and 210 foster family members. What a joyful two-day event! Greenville County Foster Parent Association received $6,485 in gift cards to help provide Christmas gifts for children in foster care homes and teenagers in group homes throughout Greenville and Anderson Counties. If you have a heart for children, please get in touch with [email protected] for ways to demonstrate love throughout the year.
A Home for Me – AHFM provides resources and support services for kinship families and the children they support. Kinship families are relatives or close family friends who bring vulnerable children into their homes to care for and love. Volunteers donated food items and created 135 Blessing Bags for kinship families – complete holiday meals and snack bags for children, plus $755 in gift cards.
Additionally, Brookwood Women provided The Dream Center with toys for their Santa Shoppe and $1,150 in gift cards for the children they support.
Operation Christmas Child (OCC) – At the Brookwood OCC Collection Site, 102 volunteers processed 16,949 shoe boxes from Brookwood and throughout the community. These boxes will reach impoverished children with gifts and the saving message of Jesus! Volunteers are always welcome to serve when Brookwood is an OCC collection site.
Thank you for being part of what God is doing through our church. May we keep Jesus at the center of our lives so that He continues to transform our hearts to meet the needs of others in 2025.