South Fellowship 2025 Year-End Giving Letter - Alex Walton - Invitation to Give

Sep 16, 2026

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A year-end giving letter from Alex Walton, Lead Pastor of South Fellowship Church, recounts 2025 community milestones and ministry impact. It highlights welcoming new families, expanding space for children, achieving the highest children’s ministry attendance since 2019, and growing the Food Bank’s reach. Drawing on Jesus’ words in John’s Gospel, the letter frames the theme “Light” and centers the Christmas message “Bringing Light and Life.” It invites readers to prayerfully give, supporting an end-of-year campaign that sustains mission and offers hope, support, and connection.

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Dear friends

2025 ministry highlights

Light theme and message

Year-End Giving invitation

Prayer and gratitude

Contact and ways to give

SOUTHFELLOWSHIP .org Dear friends, What a year it has been! As pastor of South Fellowship, it has been a joy to journey with you in 2025. We’ve welcomed many new families into our community—families who are bringing friends, finding belonging, and growing with us. We even removed a wall to make room for all the kiddos, and this year we’ve seen our highest children's ministry attendance since 2019. Our Food Bank has fed more families than at any point in its history. I’m so grateful that God continues to entrust us with the care of people who need hope, support, and connection. In John’s Gospel, Jesus makes an audacious claim: “I am the light of the world.” Think about that fora moment. In the beginning, God said, “Let there be light.” We live in a world bathed in the beauty of physical light—sunrises, golden hours, and warm glows that sustain life. Jesus says that, just as physical light is essential, he is essential. Then he makes a surprising turn: he says, “You are the light of the world.” When we“live in the way of Jesus, with the heart of Jesus,” we shine his light to everyone around us. This year, our Christmas theme is Light—a fitting reflection for the season. Our Year-End Giving opportunity, “Bringing Light and Life,”comes straight from the beloved Christmas carol Hark! The Herald Angels Sing: “Light and life to all he brings.” What a joy to partner with him in bringing light to the world. South has the privilege of participating in so much meaningful ministry, and we fill pages with statistics which tell us so much—but to end, I want to tell you a story. This May, we continued our tradition of baptizing people on Pentecost Sunday. About half of those baptized were adults, and as we listened to their stories, every single one shared a story: they had given up on following Jesus, perhaps even as a child, because of how broken the church seemed. But through our community, Jesus has called them back to him. This is what South does. This is light breaking through. As we celebrate the birth of the Light of the World, I invite you to prayerfully consider giving toward our end-of-year campaign. Our combined generosity allows us to stay on mission with Jesus, offering light and life to our community and beyond. Thank you for being a light-bearer in this season. Grace & Peace, Alex Walton Lead Pastor, South Fellowship Church Ways to Give: [southfellowship.org/give | Church Center App | Giving](southfellowship.org/give | Church Center App | Giving) envelope Please specify if you would like your gift to go towards the “Bringing Light and Life Year-End Giving Fund”. 6560 S. Broadway, Littleton CO 80121 [303-797-1500 | info@southfellowship.org | www.southfellowship.org](303-797-1500 | info@southfellowship.org | www.southfellowship.org)

FAQs

What 2025 achievements does South Fellowship mention?

The letter highlights welcoming new families, expanding space for children, reaching the highest children’s ministry attendance since 2019, and feeding more families through the Food Bank than ever before.

How does the letter connect “Light” to Jesus’ message?

It cites “I am the light of the world” and “You are the light of the world,” linking physical light to Jesus’ essential presence and encouraging believers to shine his light through the way of Jesus.

What is the end-of-year giving opportunity called?

The opportunity is titled “Bringing Light and Life,” aligned with the Christmas theme of Light.

Sep 16, 2026

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