Sharing Christ’s Love through Candy and Relationships

The Easter basket give-away a month ago was a wonderful gift to so many kids. Seventy-eight Easter baskets were given away, which is almost thirty more than last year. A big thank you to everyone who made it happen!

Chelsea Pajardo at Belair-Edison Elementary School and Michelle Chase, a leader of Love Baltimore (previously Apostles in the City), connected Resurrection with families to give Easter baskets to. 

Michelle and Chelsea have rich relationships with many families in Belair-Edison and they created a list of families who Michelle called ahead of time. Michelle says, “Since the Easter baskets are not given out by the school it’s a great opportunity to explicitly share Christ’s love in the Easter story.”

The Easter basket give-away is organized by Faithworks, which connects people at Resurrection with opportunities to develop relationships and serve others, especially in Baltimore city.  The students at Resurrection partnered with Faithworks to pack the Easter baskets.

Easter Baskets made with love

Anna Burden, the student ministry associate, says the bags were filled with stuffed animals, a book about the biblical Easter story, a gift card for a family Easter meal, and LOTS of candy. “Our hope is that they bring joy.” Anna added with a laugh, “the bags also have toothbrushes and toothpaste to go along with all of that candy.”

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