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sfx Food pantry christmas baskets
Make a neighbor's holiday special
Each year, through the generosity of our parishioners, the SFX Food Pantry, and community partners, we provide families in need with a wonderful Christmas meal. Each family will receive:
- Nonperishable items for a Christmas meal (green beans, yams, stuffing, etc.)
- A turkey
- A bag of baking goods
- Fresh produce (onions and potatoes)
- Christmas cookies baked by our parishioners
- and more!
These baskets not only provide a holiday meal but also help families while many food pantries close before the New Year.
How You Can Participate:
We need volunteers to:
- Donate items from our shopping list
- Provide turkeys
- Bake Christmas cookies
- Help with food bagging and distribution
Important Dates
- November 9: Food donations and volunteer sign-ups begin
- December 7: Last day to donate before/after Mass
- December 10: Final day to bring donations to the church office
- December 13: Bagging Day
- December 14: Cookie Plating after 10:30 AM Mass
- December 16: Basket distribution day!
Thank you for helping us share the joy of Christmas with families in our community! For questions, please contact Aiden Bondurant at
abondurant@sfx-kc.org.
first reconciliation / first communion
Important Information
Classes begin soon! Please register with Suzy Meinzenbach, our religious education coordinator, if your child is planning on participating this year.
Contact
Suzy Meinzenbach
what's going on with confirmation
Important Information
In November 2023, Bishop Johnston announced “The Way: Youth to Young Adult Initiative. “This new policy sets the time for ordinary reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation to be 6th Grade. Father Don Farnan and our parish leadership will be exploring ways to work with St. James and St. Therese Little Flower, and Visitation to implement this new policy. Contact Michael Sanem at msanem@sfx-kc.org.
Contact Michael Sanem Michael Sanem at msanem@sfx-kc.org
MIGRANT FARMWORKERS
Help with supplies
Migrant Farmworkers will arrive in late July. Unfortunately, the peach crop was destroyed by a winter freeze, but the apples are ripening, and 500 pickers and their families are scheduled to arrive to harvest acres of apples in Lafayette County in late July. The Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund relies on our generosity to help the farmworkers while they are here.
They are asking for:
· pinto beans (If you shop Walmart you can get 20# for $14.94),
· t-shirts (med) and (large); new, or good and clean (sorted and marked with sizes)
· socks - high top work socks
