Thanksgiving Offering

This year our Thanksgiving offering will go toward a special Christmas gift for our missionaries. Receiving this offering at Thanksgiving enables us to send the gifts to our missionaries in time for Christmas. These gifts are above and beyond our usual monthly financial support. Please pray and prepare your offering as the Lord leads.

Special envelopes are available in the Sanctuary lobby. You may also mail checks to the church with “Thanksgiving Offering” noted on the memo line. For giving online, you can select “Thanksgiving Offering” from the drop-down menu.

Christmas Cards for our Missionaries

This year, we would like to send Christmas greetings in the form of cards to all our missionaries along with the special offering we will be taking during the Thanksgiving season. Throughout the month of November, a list of all our missionaries along with Christmas cards are available in the Sunday school classes.  If you would like to send one to a particular missionary that you feel connected with, that is appreciated! If you would like to send one to all of our missionaries, that’s great too. Please send cards to as many missionaries as you would like.

The deadline to return the cards is November 30.

• Genesis — George and Nancy
• Veritas — Lynn
• Horizons — Dave
• New Establishment — Fred
• Spanish Class — Todd

Rush Hour Snacks

We love offering snacks at our weekly Wednesday night program, Rush Hour, that meets from 7:00 - 8:45 p.m. Our Jr. High and High School students enjoy a time of games, worship, and teaching with our Student Ministries staff.

Would you consider helping us provide snacks for our students?

(for Wednesdays and/or Sunday mornings, for 20-25 people)

What snacks can I drop off?

Student favorites include individually wrapped chips, crackers, cookies, and fruit snacks! It's extra helpful if they are individually wrapped bags, which keeps the unused snacks fresh, so we can use them anytime! See photo below for examples!

If you'd like to bake something homemade, just give us a heads up so we know when it's coming!

When can I drop off?

You can drop them off during the week in the office, or even leave them in the café on Sundays (clearly marked 'Student Ministries')

Contact:

Please email Jonathan (jbalentine@sangabrielcommunity.org) for more info. Thanks!

Holiday Basket Gift Cards

Through December 24

Please pick up a blank Christmas card from either the Sanctuary Lobby or your Sunday School class and then return it with a $10-25 gift card, by Sunday December 14th. Gift cards will be given to San Gabriel teenagers who come from financially struggling families, in conjunction with the city’s Holiday Basket program. This generous donation blesses our community and is a tangible way to share the love of Christ this season. Questions? dacosta@sangabrielcommunity.org

Free Advent Devotional Guide

If you're looking for an advent devotional guide, there are 150 copies of Everyday Gospel Christmas Devotional, by Paul David Tripp available for free in the church lobby. We have enough for one per family.

2026 Offering Envelopes 

Offering envelopes for 2026 will be available in the lobby of the Sanctuary beginning this Sunday, through December 7.

If you are not signed up for offering envelopes, but would like to be, please contact Katelyn Parsons at: kparsons@sangabrielcommunity.org

Evangelism Resources Available 

In the Church Library there is a special display case with pastor approved evangelism materials.



Please help yourself and share the good news!

SGCC Children's Ministries

Book of the Week

The Biggest Story Advent: 25 Lift-the-Flap Devotions for Families

Kevin DeYoung & Don Clark

Ages 6-12

Kids love the anticipation of the Christmas season, opening advent calendars and counting down to December 25th. How can parents build on that excitement and teach kids that Jesus’s birth isn’t just one story of the Bible but is a central piece of God’s glorious plan to redeem his people?

Kevin DeYoung, pastor and author of the popular Biggest Story Bible Storybook, has written 25 brand new advent devotions for kids that start from the beginning of Scripture and feature a daily surprise. Each reading opens with a fun lift-the-flap page, which kids open to reveal a Bible passage and colorful illustration. On the opposite page, DeYoung retells a related Bible story or prophecy that foretold Jesus’s coming, and shares a simple prayer to recite. Helping kids understand God’s redemption story from Genesis to Jesus’s birth, this devotional is a fun, interactive way to center your holiday traditions on Christ and to see how he is the fulfillment of promises God made throughout Scripture.

Assistive Listening System Available in Sanctuary

We offer an Assistive Listening System in the Sanctuary for those that have mild to moderate hearing loss. These small devices will provide direct audio during the entire worship service and will allow you to adjust the volume to meet your individual needs. You must sit in the main center section of the sanctuary to use the system. The system is not available in the North or South chapels.

If you would like to take advantage of this new system, please stop by the sound booth.