Miracle of Christmas

The LMS Miracle of Christmas project helps hundreds of needy families and individuals each year by sharing Christmas baskets of food and gifts, along with the story of Jesus.

Please share in this joyful giving with us.  May God bless you and yours this Christmas season.
LMS 2009 Miracle of Christmas Calendar

         (After Basket Distribution at LMS Annapolis & Fells Point Centers)

All of these events (except Client Transportation) will take place from 9:00 AM til 12:00 PM at LMS Headquarters located at 601 Hammonds Lane, Brooklyn Park, MD 21225.  Please email LMS Volunteer Director Kim Naumann or call 410-636-0123 to sign up!
Adopt a Family
Buy and pack gifts for an individual or family in need on LMS’s Miracle of Christmas list.  You will be provided with an Iron Mountain lidded box (thank you for the donations, Iron Mountain!) and with the gender and age information for each family member to be able to buy appropriate gifts.  The names of the families are confidential, of course, but you may choose by family size to fit your budget.  Remember, these are children and adults who will receive few or no presents without your help.  Email Community Ministry Director Leslie Jaseph or call her at  410-636-0123 for more information and/or to get started today!

Make a Financial Donation for Food & Gifts
Financial donations may be made by mailing a check (with the memo: Miracle of Christmas) to:
           Lutheran Mission Society
            PO Box 438
            Linthicum, MD 21090

You may also donate by credit card -- online or by phone.  Click here for more information.


Donate Food & Gift Items
Non-perishable food items and new gifts for the Christmas baskets may be delivered to any LMS Compassion Center or LMS headquarters.  Email Community Ministry Director Leslie Jaseph or call her at  410-636-0123 for more information.  A list of LMS Compassion Centers can be found here

Christmas Basket Items Needed
THERE ARE MANY WAYS YOU CAN HELP
Help Pack Christmas Baskets
Volunteers are needed to help pack food and gift baskets for recipient families and individuals, as well as pack cookies (please see calendar above).  Join us for a day of fun, fellowship and hands-on ministry!  Please email LMS Volunteer Director Kim Naumann or call 410-636-0123 to sign up!

Volunteers are also needed to help provide transportation for some Christmas basket recipients at our Fells Point (Baltimore) and Annapolis Compassion Centers on Friday morning, December 18th.  If you have a van, SUV or roomy car and would like help, please email LMS Volunteer Director Kim Naumann or call 410-636-0123 for more information.

Help Bake / Supply Cookies
Be a COOKIE MAKER!  Help by baking cookies and delivering them to the LMS headquarters at 601 Hammonds Lane, Brooklyn Park, MD 21225 before 9:00 AM on Friday, Dec. 4th, 2009. 
(Cookies may be dropped off Monday-Friday  8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

Be a COOKIE PROVIDER!  If you can’t bake cookies, you can contribute money and still provide home-made cookies.  Cookies will be baked by our friends at Kurtz’s Beach and are available for:   
Make checks payable to Lutheran Mission Society and memo: Cookie Packing.  Mail to:
            Lutheran Mission Society
            PO Box 438
            Linthicum, MD 21090

Come JOIN US!  Come to the LMS headquarters on Friday, Dec.4th for a morning of joyful service, fellowship and refreshment!