Christmas Giving

Love SATX Christmas Project

The CAM Christmas Store provides an emergency, free shopping experience for those less fortunate in San Antonio facing a severe crisis. More than 1,500 children will have an incredible Christmas despite the fact their families are facing a serious financial crisis. Parents are able to select gifts, books, stuffed animals, socks, gloves, and other goodies that their children will like. Join us in sharing the joy of the season and making a difference in the lives of San Antonio families by donating new toys and/or volunteering with the Christmas Store at the CAMpassion Warehouse off of McCullough Ave. Visit their website at christianassistanceministry.org/cam-christmas-store.

The GoodHood’s Affordable Christmas event gives families on the Eastside of San Antonio the opportunity to provide Christmas gifts for their children in a way that preserves dignity and promotes empowerment.

How can you help?

The GoodHood has a goal to stock 900 presents, which will allow them to invite 100 families to shop. You can either purchase toys that can be delivered directly to the GoodHood, or make a donation which will be used by the GoodHood to purchase toys. Visit their website at thegoodhood.org.

~~Toys from the Amazon Wishlist~~ No longer accepting items from the wishlist. Thank you to all who donated!
Affordable Christmas Financial Donation

As our ministry partners in the KRL serve our neighbors each day, they help to provide access to needed items like clothing, hygiene products, and food. You can help by donating these items to help the ongoing work in the KRL. Current needs include:

Comfortable shoes for men and women
Coats
Sweatshirts and hoodies for men and women
Denim pants (especially in sizes 30-34)

If you’d like to donate items for the KRL Resource Room, you can deliver them directly to the church, or you can order online to have items shipped to FPC.

Amazon Wishlist

Each summer, Young Life takes students to camps, where the kids can get away from the pressures of everyday life, have fun with their friends and Young Life Leaders, and hear the message of God’s love in terms they can understand. This is an amazing and powerful week for these students. This Christmas season, you are invited to “adopt” a student from SA East Young Life by providing scholarships that will help these students get to camp.

How can you help?

SA East Young Life will have a table with a tree in the FPC Lobby through December where the ornaments will highlight the students who want to attend camp this summer. Simply pick the ornament you like, provide your donation towards that student’s camp cost, and commit to praying for them through the Spring semester. For more information, please contact Baylie Collins at saeastyl@gmail.com.

Applications for the 2023 Gift of Christmas are now closed. Please contact a committee member with any questions.

Committee Members Contact: Lellen Lane, lellenlane@aol.com, Kim Smith, kimdcsmith@yahoo.com, Liz Medley, medley.liz@att.net, Susie Patterson, susiepatterson@mac.com

The “Gift of Christmas” is an opportunity for individuals or groups in our church to share Christ’s love with others by giving food, clothing, gifts and/or gift cards to families in our community who are in need. Each family is referred to us by the House of Neighborly Service (HNS). Some families are large, with many children, while others are small with just one or two children. All are very appreciative of the gifts and the givers.

Christmas Eve Offering

The entire Christmas Eve Offering received in our December 24th services will go towards FPC mission partners faithfully serving to advance Christ’s kingdom in our neighborhoods and among the nations.

End-of-Year Giving

Visit Giving Page

As the year ends, many are starting to think about year-end charitable giving. We are here to ensure your gift is received in plenty of time to include in the current tax year.

If you are mailing your gift, be aware that it needs to be postmarked by December 31^st to be counted in the current tax year. Because December 31^st falls on a Sunday, The post office will be closed and the postal drop boxes will not be collected or postmarked until after the start of the new year.

If you are planning to send a gift from a retirement account, stock, or mutual fund, please remember that these gifts take extra time and effort to process. Outside of the holiday season, stock gifts can take a few days to complete and mutual funds can take up to a month to process. These types of gifts given in the last week of the month could miss the end-of-year deadline for contribution credit because the holidays may slow broker processing times.

Due to office closures during the holidays, we request that you begin processing these gifts prior to December 15, 2023, and recommend an even earlier date if you are giving shares of a mutual fund, as they take much longer to complete the transfer. Please check with your broker as many take leave for the holidays and will not be available.

We also ask that you notify the finance office if you are planning on giving one of these types of gifts so that we can make sure your gift is applied to the appropriate account and processed in a timely manner. You may also need extra information from the finance office to complete these transactions—and we are here to help! Please see the information below:

For Stock and Mutual Fund Gifts

Broker: Morgan Stanley – DTC#: 0015 – Account #045-105157

Primary Broker Contact:

Sandra Deskin: 210-271-6186 (not available Dec. 25 – 29, 2023)

Secondary Broker Contacts:

Alan Pearson: 210-271-6100 (not available Christmas Day)
Stephen Scott: 210-271-6161 (not available Christmas Day)

For Retirement Distributions and QCDs – TAX ID: 74-1175837

Make checks payable and mail directly to First Presbyterian Church at 404 N. Alamo St., San Antonio, Texas 78205 to ensure the gift is received for the appropriate tax year.

Keep in mind that the church offices will be closed December 25, 2023 – January 1, 2024, but there will be someone available by phone in the finance office December 27 – 29, 2023.

As always, we thank you and thank God for your generosity as together we follow God’s call for First Presbyterian and its ministries.
You can reach our team at the following:

Christi Burrell: 210-271-2755 or christib@fpcsat.org
Marie Nipp: 210-271-2756 or marien@fpcsat.org

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