the greatest gift of all

Every Christmas we serve our community by helping anyone who needs it, and its our hope that they have the best Christmas possible. Its our mission that every child in our county has presents under the tree on Christmas day. But we don’t limit it to toys, we also provide a 40lb. box of food for each family to make that day just a little more special.

Last year we really picked it up a notch, Merry Christmas Baldwin County graduated from just toys to bikes. We were able to give away 1100 bikes, and this year we are going even bigger. 1600 bikes. Thats right, 2 full 18-wheeler trucks full. And they are in boxes, so we get to put a ton of bikes together. (Here’s the video from last years assembly night)

  

Ok yea, thats a lot of bikes, but its so much fun to be a part of giving someone the Christmas they’ve dreamed about. There are so many hurting people in our community and its such a blessing to be a part of their Christmas story. Last week, I got an email from a lady that stumbled on MCBC through my blog, and this is what she wrote:

I live in Baldwin County and I recently became unemployed and now I am not able to afford to get my 3 beautiful children Christmas gifts. I have never been in this position before and my heart is broken. My husband has a job but it just barely pays the bills and keeps food on the table. I am helping my 20 year old daughter take care of her 2 yr old daughter. My son-in-law died in 2007 and we are all working together to make it through. My daughter also needs your help. If its not too late to receive your help please email me back with what I need to do to give
our children a Christmas. Thank you.

This is just one story of the hundreds of people that will line up on December 13th as early as 2a.m. to receive gifts that they didn’t think they would have otherwise. This is my favorite thing we as a church do every year. Unplug the stage lights, kill the sound system, shut down the computers… this is it. This is what we are here for.

Check out this years promo…

If you’re in need this year and want a little more info about MCBC, or if your interested in supporting this outreach then visit our site here.

If you’ve been involved in MCBC in the past, let me know, tell me what it means to you?