Volunteers from Normandy UMC provide and serve breakfast with Santa. They decorate, bring and arrange gifts for the children, and give generous time and effort to help St. Paul undertake this annual activity for invited children and their families. The arrival of Santa is always an especially exciting event.

Each year, as a traditional part of the St. Paul children's ministry, parents of children in the program are invited to choose presents for their children. In turn, the children are invited separately to choose presents for members of their families. Subsequently, the presents are wrapped by volunteers, ready for the families to exchange as a part of the Christmas festivities.

A fundraising concert was held in support of the funding needs for the planned new heating and cooling system. Many friends shared their musical talents as a part of the evening's activities. Some of the performers shown in the video excerpts are the St. Paul choir, Deb Schoulties, Daniel Walker, Beth Vanoli and Michael Garison.

More details of the effort to replace the now-defunct, very old existing boiler may be seen in the August 2018 newsletter.