ANGEL STORE 2024
The ANGEL STORE is HERE!
The annual mission event and alternative gift market where you can purchase gifts that help others!
 
SUNDAY, DECEMBER  1 : Angel Store Gift Cards
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM in Room 121
 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7: Angel Store Gifts Cards & 10,000 Villages 
3:00 – 5:00 PM in Fellowship Hall after the Music Mends Minds Christmas Concert
 
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8: Angel Store Gift Cards & 10,000 Villages
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM in Fellowship Hall
 

ANGEL STORE ONLINE

AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER 30, 2024
 
 
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES
FOR SO MANY!  
PASTORS LORA & DAVE, THE MISSION COMMITTEE
 
 
 
Matthew 25:40
And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’
 
The BPC Angel Store is a longtime tradition that supports our ministries in Los Angeles, and globally, to relieve suffering, promote social justice, and assist people in becoming self-sufficient. The Angel Store brochure shows current needs, arranged as gifts for purchase. For every donation given to a ministry, you will receive a gift card with information about the ministry that can be given in honor of the recipient. For example, if you donate to Habitat for Humanity in the name of your friend Matthew, you can give Matthew a card telling him about Habitat, and that you gave the donation in his name.
 
Angel Store will be at BPC on December 3 & 10 from 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Online donations can be made anytime on the BPC website to support Angel Store. Please note: for card pickup on December 3, online donations need to be done by December 1 at 5 p.m. Likewise, for card pickup on Sunday morning, December 10, online donations need to be done by December 8 at 5 p.m. Online orders made after December 8 at 5 p.m. can be picked up in the BPC office Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. from December 11-22.
 
The Angel Store also brings Ten Thousand Villages to the BPC Fellowship Hall on December 9 AND 10 as a Fair-Trade retailer of artisan-crafted home décor and gifts from more than 130 artisan groups in over 38 countries. BPC keeps no money from these sales.
 
By shopping at the BPC Angel Store, you have a meaningful impact on the lives of people who receive your support, love and compassion. Thank you for your generosity!
OUR LOCAL MINISTRY PARTNERS
 
DEACONS’ BLOOD DRIVE
“Give the Gift of Life”
On Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, the BPC Deacons will host the American Red Cross for a BPC Blood Drive. Gift cards reflecting the intended donation will be available.
 
Founded in in 1976, Habitat for Humanity is a true leader in addressing the issues of poor housing conditions. BPC has been involved in numerous new home and freshen up projects for over 22 years .
In the summer of 2020, BPC received an invitation from a sister church in our Presbytery, Hope on Union, to help on Thursday morning food bank distributions. BPC volunteers are there every week to help. Your donation will help Hope on Union with the cost of food distribution
Music Mends Minds (MMM) creates musical support groups for patients with Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s, traumatic brain injury, stroke, and PTSD, BPC provides meeting space for drum circles weekly.
Located in nearby Venice, CA , Safe Place for Youth provides a caring connection and access to essential resources for over 1,000 young people, ages 12-25, experiencing or at-risk of homelessness.
 
 
 
 
The Giving Spirit is dedicated to bringing awareness and providing aid to the homeless community. over 56,000 lives have been served in 25 years. This year, we can support thousands of kids and young people who struggle to learn while being homeless.
 
For over 60 years, we have provided a fully integrated system of care, including outreach, housing, mental health and medical treatment, and social services. In 2023, over 16,000 homeless individuals received services and 1,691 new people were placed in permanent housing.
 
 
 
Thirty two years ago, BPC responded to the needs of women without homes and their children by building a transitional living center in Venice. Our Westminster TLC program provides high-quality, short-term housing to families who are experiencing homelessness.
For more than 40 years, Westside Food Bank has been the primary food source for most social service agencies in Western Los Angeles (nearly 60). Its mission is to end hunger in our area by providing access to free nutritious food through acquisition and distribution.
 
 
OUR INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY PARTNERS
 
For the last 39 years, the main purpose of Amor Ministries has been to provide adequate housing in very poor areas of Mexico to keep families together. Amor empowers our Youth and Adult groups to participate in a unique mission experience.
 
For years, BPC has supported the efforts of doctors and nurses at five faith-based hospitals in Malawi to improve medical quality of church-owned health clinics in rural areas, cutting mortality rates by more than half.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) enables congregations and mission partners of the Presbyterian Church (USA) to witness to the healing love of Christ through caring for communities adversely affected by crisis and catastrophic events.
 
PRESBYTERIAN GIVING CATALOG
 
Your gift provides help, hope and relief to people, families and communities in need.
 
MISSION WORKERS IN AFRICA
 
Our church has long supported mission workers in Africa. Jim McGill specializes in improving sanitation & providing clean water in Niger and South Sudan. Christi & Jeff Boyd are based in Congo, with Christi focusing on issues affecting marginalized women and children (including Healing Hearts Ministry) while Jeff serves as regional liaison for Central Africa.