The Family Network's Christmas Party – An evening filled with joy and community

There was Christmas spirit in the air and warmth in the hearts when the Family Network gathered around 200 happy guests and almost as many dedicated volunteers for this year's big Christmas party on Wednesday December 17th. It was an evening filled with smiles, laughter, conversations and touching moments – a true celebration of community, hope and love.

At the family tables, lively conversation was buzzing, while the children enjoyed themselves with games and laughter. The magician enchanted the little ones with his magic show, and many adults found themselves smiling as widely as the children. The atmosphere peaked when Athalia and Clara sang their beautiful Christmas carols, which touched hearts and brought tears to many eyes.

About 40 people requested intercession this evening and shared powerful testimonies of healing and hope – a moving sign that the miracle of Christmas still lives among us.

In the kitchen, David once again conjured up delicious food, and as always, no one went home hungry. For dessert, the whole thing was rounded off with the classic Santa Claus appearance: The children were joyfully handed their bags of candy, while the parents received gift certificates for grocery shopping – a welcome gesture during the Christmas season.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came, contributed, and made this evening unforgettable. Without you – guests, volunteers, and faithful members of the congregation – there would be no Christmas party. Together, we created warmth, community and hope that extends far beyond the evening itself.

If you want to see pictures from the Christmas party, you can do that here.

This year's Christmas party was proudly sponsored by KIT – Kirkernes Integrationstjeneste (the Churches' Integration Service). A heartfelt thank you for their generous support in helping families in difficult life situations. We greatly appreciate their continued work and significant efforts to strengthen and improve the conditions for some of the country's most vulnerable citizens.

The Family Network Christmas party - party of the ❤️

The Family Network's Christmas party invites many families to a Christmas dinner in loving fellowship. Registration is only for vulnerable families who are already members of the Family Network. Registration is via the Facebook group “Familienetværk Aarhus V”.

If you have time on December 17th, please lend a hand and help us make the evening unforgettable and magical for the many adults, children and young people who have nowhere else to be during Christmas. We need extra hands from 1pm-8pm. It would be a huge help if you could just help for a few hours at the beginning or at the very end, where we need strong arms to put all the tables back in place and help with cleaning.

If you would like to do a good deed that day, please write to or call Tabita Kjer at +45 93 70 99 05 or Adria Florea at +45 26 18 48 77.

The Christmas party is sponsored by KIT ( Kirkernes Integrationstjeneste or Church Integration Service). A special thank you for their work and great efforts to improve the conditions for the most vulnerable citizens in the country.

Thank you for all the donations ❤️

We feel so grateful for all the beautiful donations that have made the Christmas party possible. Among other things, Det Glade Genbrug has sponsored the Christmas party with 10,000 DKK, which has ensured that we can have a truly festive and delicious Christmas dinner.

Last but not least, the leaders of the Family Network would like to thank you, the congregation, from the bottom of our hearts, for your kind donations to the families in the form of collections, food, Christmas gifts, monetary gifts and more. Thank you very much. Your donations make a huge difference for those who have the least. Thanks to you, the Christmas party will literally be a celebration of hearts.

The warmest Christmas greetings from the leadership team of the Family Network Aarhus Vest ❤️

A good story from the Family Network ❤️ and an update!

There are still a lot of good things happening in Family Network contexts. We don't make as much noise as we usually do, as the resources are on a volunteer basis, so there is a limit to what we can write down and get out of good stories. But they are there – nonstop!

We see the diakonia flourish, the number of people who show up increase and the demand for our help is more than we can cover, but we do what we can. We see in particular more and more Muslim families coming to us hungry for faith, hope, love, which we try to embrace as best we can. More and more of them are asking for intercession after they get to know us and we also see answers to prayers from big to small.

Here is one of many good stories/answered prayers from a Muslim girl ❤️

Just before summer vacation, a 9-year-old girl asked for our help in praying that Jesus would send her a bike, because she had nothing to do, go to, or any summer vacation experiences to look forward to, but she wanted to ride a bike if possible! So we prayed…! ❤️

A few days later, an email came that the Family Network had been granted some bicycles that would arrive at our door and vulnerable children could simply come and pick them up. There were enough bicycles for both the girl and her siblings, who have wanted bicycles for a long time, but the family has not been able to afford them due to the small amount of money available! ❤️ The mother, moved and grateful, picked up bicycles for the whole group and her best THANK YOU was an ethnic dish that several of us from the leadership team ate at our next planning meeting.

This testimony with the girl's prayer and an answer right after gives FAITH that God hears prayer and acts on our prayer. 🔥 God has a way of doing more than what we ask for 😊 We asked for a bicycle, but he sent so that all 4 siblings in need got one each.

We need help

Mette Knudsen has unfortunately had to resign due to health reasons after a car accident. So we are in need of hands and people who are willing to help and support not only the practical aspects, but also the planning of our activities. Thank you for praying for new solutions and new colleagues in this context.

We would also like to mention that we have sent out 13-14 applications for targeted fundraising for the Family Network. Nothing has come in yet, so thank you for any prayers regarding finances for the Family Network and hours for employees to run it. If you feel like blessing the Family Network with an amount, it is most welcome. Just contact Johnny Hansen if you feel like blessing the Family Network with finances for next season.

If you also want to help, support, to 'sow' faith, hope, love into families, we need help here and now more than ever. We need hands both for the Family Network (odd Wednesdays in the afternoon hours) and for the Women's Café (even Wednesdays in the morning hours). Please send a text message to Tabita at 93709905 and she will call you. YOU are needed ❤️

Kind regards on behalf of the Family Network
Tabita

We are here to reach out to vulnerable families, parents and children/youth who need to be seen, heard and hugged.

We offer exciting and free activities for vulnerable families, parents and children/youth who could use more activities or help in everyday life.

We meet and start out by enjoying some Danish hygge, drink coffee and eat snacks.

Afterwards, the adults gather in a group by themselves, while wonderful volunteers play and do creative things with the children. Then we eat together and end with a devotional for those who wish to participate.

The Family Network meets two Wednesdays a month in odd-numbered weeks, usually in the late afternoon.

Citykirken Aarhus · Viborgvej 183 · 8210 Aarhus V

Tabita Jørgensen at +45 93 70 99 05 or fam@ckirken.dk