Weddington Church has adopted 450 angels this Christmas—and we need your help!
This year, we are partnering with Safer Communities Ministry and the Union County Christmas Bureau to bless children of incarcerated parents, foster children, low-income families, and special needs adults. Through our Angel Tree Ministry, you can help make this Christmas season special and share the love of Christ with our neighbors.
How can you serve?
We invite you to prayerfully consider adopting one of our 450 angels and blessing families within our community this Christmas season. Angels are available beginning November 8, and collection weekend is December 4–6.
How can you serve?
- Adopt one of our 400 angels for foster children, low-income families, and special needs adults from the Angel Tree, located in Helms Hall in the Weddington Sanctuary, the Bonds Grove Sanctuary, or Monroe Sanctuary.
- New this year – Look for “family tags” if interested in adopting siblings in foster care. By adopting as a family, we are showing added care that the gifts will be more equitable among siblings.
- Adopt one of our 50 angels for children of incarcerated parents – registration link available soon
- Donate – Guess what is the most needed item at the Christmas Bureau each year? Helmets! Every child or teen that receives a bicycle, scooter, or skateboard will also receive a helmet if one is not already donated. Help us fill this need by placing donations of bicycle helmets of all sizes in the Local Missions barrels on our campuses.
We invite you to prayerfully consider adopting one of our 450 angels and blessing families within our community this Christmas season. Angels are available beginning November 8, and collection weekend is December 4–6.
When you adopt an angel, you will receive a tag with the person’s name, age, and wish list of items. Please scan the QR code and enter your information along with the angel you are adopting. This is a huge help to our team as we ensure that each child is lovingly accounted for, and we can send you adequate reminders.
The gifts you provide will be the recipient’s entire Christmas. If clothes are listed, they have been identified as a need. Otherwise, items listed are a wish list, and it is not required to purchase them all. Each family can contribute what they are comfortable with. The Union County Christmas Bureau does not add to, or take gifts from, the items you provide. To ensure equity and dignity for the family, please make sure your gifts fit into the provided red bag.
The gifts you provide will be the recipient’s entire Christmas. If clothes are listed, they have been identified as a need. Otherwise, items listed are a wish list, and it is not required to purchase them all. Each family can contribute what they are comfortable with. The Union County Christmas Bureau does not add to, or take gifts from, the items you provide. To ensure equity and dignity for the family, please make sure your gifts fit into the provided red bag.
ALL GIFTS MUST BE DROPPED OFF NO LATER THAN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 BY 12:30PM. Thank you very much for your contributions to this ministry, but more than that, thank you for giving hope to those who need it this Christmas.
Questions? Please reach out to our Local Missions Team.
Questions? Please reach out to our Local Missions Team.
Angel Tree Adoption Instructions
Thank you for adopting an angel(s) this Christmas!
Our Angel Tree Ministry, in partnership with the Union County Christmas Bureau and Safer Communities Ministry, serves as an opportunity to make this Christmas season special and to spread the love of Christ with our neighbors.
When you adopt an angel, you will receive a tag with the person’s name, age, and wish list of items. Please scan the QR code and enter your information along with the angel you are adopting. This is a huge help to our team as we ensure that each child is lovingly accounted for, and we can send you adequate reminders.
The gifts you provide will be the recipient’s entire Christmas. If clothes are listed, they have been identified as a need. Otherwise, items listed are a wish list, and it is not required to purchase them all. Each family can contribute what they are comfortable with. The Union County Christmas Bureau does not add to, or take gifts from, the items you provide. To ensure equity and dignity for the family, please make sure your gifts fit into the provided red bag.
When you adopt an angel, you will receive a tag with the person’s name, age, and wish list of items. Please scan the QR code and enter your information along with the angel you are adopting. This is a huge help to our team as we ensure that each child is lovingly accounted for, and we can send you adequate reminders.
The gifts you provide will be the recipient’s entire Christmas. If clothes are listed, they have been identified as a need. Otherwise, items listed are a wish list, and it is not required to purchase them all. Each family can contribute what they are comfortable with. The Union County Christmas Bureau does not add to, or take gifts from, the items you provide. To ensure equity and dignity for the family, please make sure your gifts fit into the provided red bag.
PICK & REGISTER YOUR ANGEL(S)
Located on one of our Angel Tree Christmas Trees on our campuses, pick out (an) angel(s) from the tree. Click here to officially adopt your angel by filling out our form. Please do not skip this step.
PRAY & SHOP
Pray for the child and family receiving the gifts to experience the love, hope, joy and peace of Christmas. Purchase gifts for your angel(s).
If you have any questions about your angel(s), please contact our Local Missions team.
If you have any questions about your angel(s), please contact our Local Missions team.
BAG & TAG
When preparing your gifts for your angel(s), do not wrap gifts. Place all gifts in the red plastic bag provided. With the exception of bikes or scooters, please ensure your gifts fit inside one bag.
Tag your bag! Ensure that the angel tag is placed on the bag with the provided string.
Every bag of gifts must include:
NOTE:
Tag your bag! Ensure that the angel tag is placed on the bag with the provided string.
Every bag of gifts must include:
- The person’s first name
- Family ID#
- Gift Tree ID#.
NOTE:
- It is optional to include a gift card for food, and a Christmas card/note from your family.
- Gifts are to remain unwrapped inside the provided bag.
DELIVER
Return the bag of gifts at one of the following drop off times:
NOTE:
To accommodate this growing ministry, gifts will NOT be collected during Sunday services. If possible, please drop off gifts during Collection Weekend so they can be placed directly into the UHaul for transport. We appreciate your understanding.
ALL GIFTS MUST BE DROPPED OFF NO LATER THAN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 BY 12:30PM. Thank you very much for your contributions to this ministry, but more than that, thank you for giving hope to those who need it this Christmas.
Questions? Please reach out to our Local Missions Team.
- Friday, December 4, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Weddington Sanctuary parking lot (Building C)
- Saturday, December 5, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Weddington Youth Center parking lot (Building D)
- Sunday, December 6, 8:30–12:30 p.m., Weddington Youth Center parking lot (Building D)
NOTE:
To accommodate this growing ministry, gifts will NOT be collected during Sunday services. If possible, please drop off gifts during Collection Weekend so they can be placed directly into the UHaul for transport. We appreciate your understanding.
ALL GIFTS MUST BE DROPPED OFF NO LATER THAN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 BY 12:30PM. Thank you very much for your contributions to this ministry, but more than that, thank you for giving hope to those who need it this Christmas.
Questions? Please reach out to our Local Missions Team.
Additional Gift Collection
In addition to those children and families adopted through Angel Tree programs, many families apply for Christmas assistance and can shop for a few gifts for their children at the Christmas Bureau.
Every child or teen that receives a bicycle, scooter, or skateboard will also receive a helmet if one is not already donated. Help us fill this need by placing donations of bicycle helmets of all sizes in the Local Missions barrels on our campuses.
Every child or teen that receives a bicycle, scooter, or skateboard will also receive a helmet if one is not already donated. Help us fill this need by placing donations of bicycle helmets of all sizes in the Local Missions barrels on our campuses.
WAYS TO SERVE
The Angel Tree ministry is a partnership with Weddington Methodist Church and the Union County Christmas Bureau to bless children of incarcerated parents, foster children, low-income families, and special needs adults We have also partnered with the Safer Communities Ministry and adopted children of incarcerated parents. Our Angel Tree Ministry serves as an opportunity to make this Christmas season special and to spread the love of Christ with our neighbors.
This year we have four ways to serve during Angel Tree Collection and Delivery:
We do request that volunteers for these shifts be able to lift/move 10+ pounds. All ages are welcome! Due to the delivery warehouse location, children serving at the Christmas Bureau must be 10+ and supervised.
This year we have four ways to serve during Angel Tree Collection and Delivery:
- Help receive and sort gifts in the Weddington Sanctuary parking lot
- Friday, December 4, 9:45 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Help receive and sort gifts in the Weddington Sanctuary parking lot
- Saturday, December 5, 9:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
- Saturday December 5, 12:30pm – 4pm
- Sunday, December 6, 8 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
- Union County Christmas Bureau
- Sunday, December 6, Drive the U-Haul to the Christmas Bureau in Monroe and back.
- Sunday December 6, 12:30–3:30 p.m., Help us unload all the gift bags and bikes from the U-Haul to the warehouse
- Shopper
- Interested in helping us shop for any last-minute items needed? Sign up to be a shopper December 7-8.
We do request that volunteers for these shifts be able to lift/move 10+ pounds. All ages are welcome! Due to the delivery warehouse location, children serving at the Christmas Bureau must be 10+ and supervised.
The Christmas Bureau is also actively seeking volunteers. This is a really great way to serve with a Sunday school Class, Boy Scout Troop, with your neighbors, or with your children. Learn more on their website.