SERVANT sOCK cHRISTAS project

Dear Valued Host Pastors and Leaders, 

We are grateful for every host church, business, donor, and volunteer for your love and support in helping us add value, hope and healing to many precious lives with our Servant Sock Christmas Project to our Northern Communities. 

We are honored to have reached over 76 First Nations communities in 17 years in Ontario with our Servant Sock Christmas Project and personal growth , leadership, family and youth training. We could not have done this without God and each of you. Thank you for your love and support!

We have served many communities who face  crisis from the loss  suicide , family stress and lack of   resources and supplies. We sense a strong need to help our youth, families, and leaders in this hours.  We are preparing and are calling on the labors to help us . We value your team support in helping us make a difference together.

Four areas you can help serve are ...

1. Host Church or Business - For our Servant Sock Christmas Project where the Church or Business stuff a needed quota of bundles  for children or families . Members who sponsor children  buy gifts that help bring spiritual/ biblical education, strategy, comfort, warmth, love, value & hygiene, fun. All bundles  need to be returned to your  coordinator/ volunteers on  pick up/ drop off  week .

2. Family Bundles– prepare assigned bundles  items, that will help lighten the load of families who have faced a crisis especially those in grief from loss. Example light healthy snacks, nonexpired packaged foods, toiletries, Hygiene soap, face cloths wipes, flashlights, hand warmers, fun family games ie, Pictionary, journals etc 

3 Youth Bundle -  Prepare  assigned youth  bundle with gifts of love and fun. A few examples are monkeys in a barrel,  jewelry or craft  supplies , crayons, puzzles small Lego kits , strategy games, dolls ,jewelry Kits,  recorders, t-shirts etc. crafts supplies, journals, veggie  tales ,Godly  gifts , Children’s sing-along music, stuffed animals, hats, mitts, hair accessories. sketch pads , acrylic paint kits.  

 PLEASE NO SECOND HAND ITEMS  or EXPIRED FOOD/SNACKS  

4. Leadership Bundles prepare with encouraging gifts and healthy, snacks, vitamin C & D, warm socks, gloves, hats, journals. flashlight, Hot .water bottles , ice packs . Books on  Leadership ,family, Healing ,addictions , purpose or  business, encouragement  gifts . hats warm shirts , warm  thermal wear for cold weather. Flash lights, throws, etc.

5. Financial Donation - If you would like to be a monthly partner  or give a  one-time donation, we, thank you in advance. You can donate by  email transfer to : faitharise@live.ca  ,by cheque sent to the address  Faith Arise Ministries P.O Box  80038 Toronto On M8V4A1  or go to www.Canadahelps.org  and type Faith Arise Ministries in search bar and follow instructions . 

We value your  support in 1 or more of these areas. Every year we have served 500-1000 children and hope to reach our goal  to help the best we can this year .  We are working on details and value your confirmed support as a host church  business, and individual. 

We will need churches to be ready with a YES to start SSCP. We would love for you to launch   Sept. 29 nd. If possible. We are available to do a presentation to prepare your volunteer coordinators and church if needed . This will give them time to shop and time to gather for pick up / drop off week Oct 26 th & Nov 2 nd. We may have a team to pick up at a few locations but do value your help in the drop off plan for the afternoon on dates above. We will inform your church on drop location .

We start early due to the shipping process with the airline. We need to work on logistics and value all your help to have all your donations ready on pick up date   Pick up / drop off week  on dates requested. Oct 26 th- Nov 2 nd .

We often travel to one or two communities during each SSCP and are praying and seeking the Lord on his plan for this year.  We would love to build relationship with a dream team leaders  to stand with us .  .  If you are serious and would like to be part of our healing and leadership  team , please contact us ASAP. 

We believe a healing and transformational revival will break out in the north and we need people to stand and believe with us Act 19:11, Psalm 77:14, Psalm 107:20 and declare a hedge of protection over every life. 

We look forward to growing with your key leadership team to help add value, assist in the healing, and see precious lives rise in purpose. Thank You! We Look forward to hearing from you soon! 

Rev. Treneta Bowden 

Faith Arise Ministries  Team