Michigan —Battle Creek Academy (BCA) students planned several activities during the holiday season to share the love of Jesus with area children. Ronie Fogg, campus ministries director, arranged for 24 community children with special needs to be invited to BCA for a Christmas party. The children were adopted by individual BCA students, who spent their time during the two-hour party entertaining their adopted Christmas children. They played games, enjoyed good food, sang Christmas songs, watched a Christmas movie, and each child received a present.

Wafiya Foote's seventh- and eighth-grade class also celebrated the true meaning of Christmas by adopting a local family and planning a very special holiday treat. The students invited the family to the academy to enjoy an afternoon of food and fun. With money raised by their class, the students planned and prepared a delicious Christmas dinner and purchased gifts for the family. In addition, the students were able to send them home with a carload of food staples for their pantry.

Bonnie Velez’s witnessing class and Pathfinder group spread some holiday cheer of their own to area families. They prepared about 35 Christmas food baskets with all the makings of a delicious holiday meal, complete with homemade Christmas cookies, baked and decorated by the Pathfinders.

Michelle Cain, Battle Creek Academy public relations director