This last Saturday, The Journey: Metro East (soon to be Trailhead Church) hosted our first Affordable Christmas at our space in Edwardsville, IL. Affordable Christmas was the brain child of Josh Wilson and the crew at Mission St. Louis . They decided several years ago to try to empower a group of low income parents with a way to shop for their children's Christmas by giving them an event that offered new presents at drastically reduced prices. This event has proven to be one of the most anticipated events put on by MStL. So, this year, we jumped in with them (or, I should say they jumped in with us - they brought over a great crew to help us staff and run our event)! We have been working over the last two years to build relationships with a group of families living at SIUE's family housing, and this even was a great way to empower them and continue to serve them with the love of Christ. It really was a blast. We had fun. The parents had fun....
A man made of mud learning to live as an image bearer of God