You are invited to a special Christmas Mission Market for all ages! Wednesday, December 10th, Free Christian says Merry Christmas to your family with a complementary Christmas dinner with all the fixings, music, shopping with a purpose, and a kid's “Snow Glow Room!” After enjoying this fun, relaxing and Holy Spirit-filled night, it has been said by many, year after year, “Now it feels like Christmas!”
The Mission Market supports local and global missions. Each vendor booth has a mission along side it and will have a variety of unique items made by our own Free Christian family members! It’s the season for giving and what a great way to get your Christmas list knocked out by supporting missions!
The meal will be served 5:30-7pm. Shopping booths, live music and kids “Snow Glow Room” will be from 6pm-8pm!
Mission – Mexico Children’s Sponsorship
Ladies from Free Christian will have yummy treats that will get your Christmas sweet tooth going! The proceeds for these items will go towards the Children in Mexico that our church sponsors monthly. Sponsorships include food, water, medical attention, clothes and most importantly, the gospel! At this booth you are able to purchase not only baked goods, but you can sponsor a child too!
Mission – Children’s Lantern
Anthony & Co. (Tony Nehls) will be bringing his hand poured soy candles and wax melts for you to smell and enjoy the colors and scents of the season. These candles bring light, peace and joy to many people, and it’s a perfect match up with Children’s Lantern as they bring light, peace and joy to so many foster and adoptive children and parents. All proceeds from this booth will go to Children’s Lantern. When you stop at this booth, please take time to see what you can be a part of, buy your Children’s Lantern Merch and sign up for a special give away!
Mission – Christ Compassion
Christ Compassion is a group who get together once a month at Free Christian and sew hygiene items and put together birthing packs for women in Uganda. The items sold at this mission will support the materials needed to make the hygiene kits.
Mission – Free Christian VBS
This booth will have Free Christian Apparel! Made by our very own Alex Keim. Crew neck sweatshirts, t - shirts, quarter-zip's and ball caps will be available for purchase. Adults, you don’t need to wait another 6 months for VBS carmel corn. The kitchen crew will be making fresh for the market and It will be available for purchase at this booth too! All proceeds from this booth will go towards funding VBS.
Mission - Continental Lifewise
Life Wise Continental will be giving you the opportunity to purchase great Christian books for kids of all ages! These books are given to the students in Continental’s program for Christmas. You will also be able to purchase these items for yourself and help fund this great program! A new addition being offered, “ Jesus Seek and Find box kit.” A plush Jesus and 12 days of scripture and where to put Jesus for your kids to find is included in the kit, with bonus ideas to help your family take time to focus on the true meaning of Christmas with fun easy ways to celebrate Jesus!
Jessica Okuly will be providing different types of essential oils for you and your family! All of her proceeds will go towards LifeWise Continental. JoAnne Snider will have hand made journals and other handmade items for those special people in your life!
Mission - Hands of Hope Crisis Pregnancy Center in Paulding, Ohio
Giving hope and help to mothers in all stages of motherhood. They go into schools and teach abstinence education. Heart beat ultrasounds and other needs that mom and baby have are given through Hands of Hope. Tanna Ellert will be offering family pictures at the Market this year! Come picture ready and support a mission that strives to keep families together during pregnancy and post-pregnancy!
Mission – To Give A Smile
Back again, we will have a “Kids Snow Glow Room” In this room there will be activities like crafts, games, snowball dodgeball, the blizzard box and ice skating relay are back along with Planko, for kids to play! All under neon and blacklight! It is free for your kids to come in and play but there will be a few items to purchase and the proceeds will go towards “To Give A Smile” an organization that helps spread hope to children and their families facing medical related needs. One of these items to purchase will be a Caricature Drawing of YOU! JoAnne Snider and Ajalyn Fry will be providing this fun activity!
Another booth that is new to the Christmas Market this year is, Bougie Bubbles LLC, owner is our very own Jami Coler, Designer Drinks and more! Come and taste the new and upcoming sodas and hot chocolate, flavors such as Vanilla Cupcake, KoKo Bombshell, Creme Brule Flame and more!
Mission - Wycliffe
This year, Rebekah Offerlie will be joining the market. Rebekah grew up learning about God and developed a love for His Word at a young age. Ever since learning about people who do not have access to God’s Word, she has developed a passion for every person to have the Bible in a language they can clearly understand. When Rebekah discovered she could combine her love for Bible translation with the skills the Lord has given her and serve with Wycliffe, she knew that was exactly what she wanted to do. Rebekah is excited to use her IT skills to serve in Mexico. The technical support Rebekah will provide is critical to the efficient progression of Bible Translation in the area. Rebekah will be at the Christmas Market this year and she will have items such as Christian Merch, Handmade Bracelets, Bags and more!
Missions - Migori Missions
Padrones Pizza in Defiance will be offering special gift cards and certificates that are will only be available this evening! When purchasing something from this booth, your proceeds will go directly towards Migori Missions, which is a church organization that Pastor Scott is heavily involved in. Migori Missions is a church and mission center providing a base to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, educate K-12 orphans, train ministers, provide food and water. Right now, they are striving to meet their “Water Project” goal. The “Water Project” goal is to establish a greenhouse to grow hydroponic vegetables year round. This project includes a new deep well with a solar pump, two fish ponds to provide nutrients, and the greenhouse.
Some of the items we will have!
