The Gift 2025 - Cottonwood Creek Church

CREEK Missions

The Gift weekend

THE GIFT WEEKEND 2025

What is The Gift Weekend? It’s a meaningful time for individuals, families and LifeGroups to serve OnMission together through multiple service opportunities on our Cottonwood Creek Campus! We have many options to choose from, including meal packing and meal box sponsorship, a winter coat drive, hair donations and Christmas card making for our missionaries, to name a few. So don’t miss out on this excellent service opportunity!

The Gift Weekend Dates: November 8 & 9, 2025

Unless otherwise listed, all Gift serving opportunities will be available during the Saturday night Worship Service at 5 p.m. and during the Sunday morning Worship Services at 9, 10:15 & 11:30 a.m.

HOW CAN I SERVE?

Students are eligible to receive service hours for this event – please email Elizabeth Banner for information.

MEAL PACKING FOR FAMILIES IN KENYA – SATURDAY & SUNDAY
- MUST PRE REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE – Life Group opens on 10/17 and Congregation opens on 10/24
- Each LifeGroup needs at least 1 Table Leader per table
- Saturday Only: Walk -Up Registration will be available and open to Outside Organizations and Teams!
- REGISTRATIONS:
  - Saturday 6 p.m. Meal Packing
  - Sunday 9 a.m. Meal Packing
  - Sunday 10:15 – a.m. Meal Packing Registration is FULL. Saturday night is available.
  - Sunday 11:30 am Meal Packing Clean Up/Shipping Prep

ONMISSION LOCAL – SUNDAY
- Walk-Up – No Registration Required
- Pack a Snack Bag for North Texas Food Bank
- Pack a Hygiene Kit for Streetside Showers
- Donate clean coats with working closures for people in need through our Operation Care Winter Coat Drive.
- (Saturday & Sunday) Donate new or gently used jeans that are clean, have working zippers, and no stains, rips or holes through the One Man’s Treasure Jeans Drive.

GOSPEL CONVERSATION TRAINING – SUNDAY
- Walk-Up – No Registration Required
- Learn to share the Gospel in just three minutes!

CARTER BLOODCARE DONATION – SUNDAY
- REGISTER

PONYTAIL DONATION – SUNDAY
- REGISTER
- Hair Donations will be going to Children With Hair Loss
- Hair Donation Requirements:
  - Hair must be minimum of 8″
  - Gray Hair is accepted
  - Treated hair is accepted as long as healthy and not over processed or bleached.
- Hairstylists: Would you like to join our Team and use your hair stylist skills as an act of worship during The Gift? For more information and to sign up to serve please contact Elizabeth Banner.

SANTA FOR SENIORS– SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Cottonwood Creek is wanting to spread joy to a Senior Citizen this Christmas. We invite you to be a Santa for a Senior!
- - Donate any of the following items to be given to Senior Citizens in nursing homes for Christmas.
    - large print books
    - small prepackaged crackers
    - puzzles
    - games/card games/playing cards
    - journals
    - small lotions and hand sanitizer
    - small tissue packets
    - chapstick/lip balm
    - No-slip socks (men and women)
    - Hand or facial wipes
    - Christmas ornament
    - small stuffed animal
We are proud our Creek 55+ Ministry will be delivering the gifts and joy to our local nursing home partners.

CHRISTMAS CARD DECORATING – SATURDAY & SUNDAY
- Walk-Up – No Registration Required
- Show Love to our Missionaries and Children at Naomi’s Village.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD – SATURDAY & SUNDAY
- LEARN MORE & REGISTER
- Fill a shoebox with gifts for a child in need.
- Shoebox collection Nov. 17 – 24
- Build a Shoebox Online – CLICK HERE for Info

ONMISSION AT COTTONWOOD CREEK
- Mission Trips – trips available include Belize, Czech Republic, Uganda, Kenya and South Texas
- Serve Local – We have several local ministries we support you can get involved with
- Be sure to stop by the interactive Mission Wall in the atrium to check out our missionaries.

SUPPORTED MINISTRIES – SUNDAY
- Be sure to stop by one of the tables in the atrium highlighting some of the supported ministries we partner with on how you can get involved to serve. Below are the ministries that will be at The Gift:
  - Hope Medical Clinic
  - Hope Women’s Center
  - Embrace
  - Real Options for Women
  - One Heart McKinney
  - Twelve12 Ministries
  - Opportunity America
  - 25 Project
  - Princess Promise
  - IMB
  - Texans on Mission
  - New Generations
  - Global Training Network
  - Direction 61:3
  - III Bridges Foundation

VOLUNTEER – SATURDAY & SUNDAY
- Saturday – Meal Packing Set Up – We will need volunteers to help set up the meal packing lines | REGISTER
- Sunday – Christmas Card Decorating Room – We will need volunteers during each service to help facilitate the Christmas Card Decorating for orphans and missionaries | REGISTER
- Sunday – OnMission Local Room – We will need volunteers during each service to help facilitate the multiple ways to serve in the OnMission local room: Snack Bag Packing, Hygiene Kit Packing, Jeans and Coat Drive | REGISTER

**Serving at The Gift can count as Volunteer Hours. Contact Elizabeth Banner to get your hours signed off and approved.