Jubilee Christmas

About Jubilee Christmas

Every December, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church participates in Jubilee Christmas. We give wrapped gifts to families in need. 

Jubilee Christmas is a partnership between local churches and Lafayette Urban Ministry (LUM),  an interfaith social service agency that has served the most vulnerable in Lafayette for over 50 years. 

We host 20 low-income families for a morning of joy and community that will give our invited guests the opportunity to shop for gifts for their children and to receive gifts of clothing, food certificates, household supplies, and a hand-made quilt from our own HTLC quilters! 

Parents Are the Heroes 

Originally, LUM purchased and delivered toys to needy families at Christmas. Then one Jubilee, a mom came into LUM to thank them and said, “I just hope someday I can be the Christmas hero to my kids.” After that, Jubilee Christmas became an event where the Parents can be the heroes. 

Jubilee Christmas is all about making low-income parents the heroes of Christmas for their children. Instead of church members taking gifts to homes, the parents will be able to select and wrap gifts and place them under the tree on Christmas morning for their children. We also will provide them with the means to cook a special Christmas dinner. 

How Jubilee Works 

LUM screens, registers, and selects a group of parents for each church to host. To make sure that as many families as possible have a chance to participate in a holiday program, leaders from organizations share information and guest lists.