The Board of Outreach would like to say a big THANK YOU! to everyone who gave time, money, and/or food for this year's Christmas baskets! 41 community families were served with approximately 550 food items donated and many more items purchased with donated funds. 21 folks volunteered to assemble and distribute the baskets. These 41 families represent 204 people that were blessed: 132 adults and 72 children! BELC...you rock! Because children are on winter break, we provided ex

Bethlehem Lutheran Church has donated operating space to the Family Growth Center for over 25 years. Every Christmas season BELC supports the efforts of FGC by donating gifts for their annual Holiday Gift Workshop. Gifts given to this project provide low-income parents, who attend the programs of FGC, gifts for each of their children. Often these parents would not be able to purchase gifts to give their children. This is an important chance to build parents' self-esteem and m