Jubilee Christmas

2025 Jubilee Christmas

Saturday December 13th, our congregation will welcome some parents to our church home for a morning of fellowship and support as they anticipate Christmas with their children. Lafayette Urban Ministry (LUM) reports a record high number of parents have registered to participate in Jubilee Christmas this year.

Our response has been to host more families; 22 invitations will be issued. LUM coordinates with other ministry groups like Salvation Army and Christmas for Everyone, sharing information to avoid duplication in participation. Together, these programs aim to serve as many families as possible. This is one of the ways that partnering with LUM makes HTLC Christmas outreach more effective and enduring.

Watch for your chance to “Jump into Jubilee” November 23 as the Holy Trinity Elves invite you to a special fellowship hour.

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.