Christmas & Boxing Day Outreach 2019

Today we completed our Christmas & Boxing Day outreach in Budrio.

We've been at the Elderly Citizens Center where Jenny shared the history of Boxing Day and the beautiful biblical value of gratitude and to value those who work for the good of the community. 

With Santa we sang some carols and 

we made small chocolate boxes, to say  

THANK YOU! 

Stefano gave a Talk from John 3:16 pointing out to God's greatest gift in Jesus!

We had a special Cracking Christmas Party for our MySpace after-school club for teenagers and we were encouraged that some of the parents came along too!

We played lots of fun & interactive games like: Mr Bean Crackers, Christmas Crackers, Snowball & Spoon Relay Race, Christmas Task List, On the Edge, The Right Left Nativity & Boxing Day Thank You!

Stefano gave a Talk point out that Jesus is more than "the reason for the season", because the season belongs to Jesus, 

but the reason is us!

On Sunday the 22nd we organized a special Christmas Family Service and we were so encouraged that 3 families from the MySpace teenagers work came along!

Franco, one of our church-members, dressed up as Santa explaining kids how the tradition of giving gifts is a reminder of 

The Gift that God had wrapped in His Son delivered for us to deliver us from our sin!

Stefano preached from Acts 20:32-35 and John 3:16-21, pointing out how living the Gospel, means to experience the counter-cultural joy of giving, yet only God is the perfect giver who give us himself in Jesus: the real gift of Christmas!

On Christmas & Boxing Day, as a church family we shared the beautiful biblical value of gratitude and to value those who work for the good of the community, giving a simple box of chocolates to the volunteers of the Civil Protection, to the Firemen, to the Armed Forces, to the Emergency Department, to the City Police, to thank them for their service throughout the year for our community and for working during the Christmas holidays! What a beautiful way to translate the true meaning of Christmas into practice, with the gift that God made of his Son, who became man to give himself on the cross, giving us peace with God and the new life of His resurrection!

Here is a video summary of this outreach!