Poinsettia 2025 List

Christmas is a sacred time to the faithful of Mexico and people often celebrate by assembling and decorating life size nativities at the front of their churches. On Christmas Eve, parishioners are invited to bring a gift of thanksgiving to the manger at their church. 

On a very special Christmas Eve, a little boy quietly walked to his church. Despite his desire to celebrate Christmas, he drug his feet a little as he walked, embarrassed that he was too poor to buy, or even make, a gift to take to the manger. 

Abruptly, the great light of an angel appeared to him on the road, instructing him to pull weeds from the side of the road, and to take them as his gift to Jesus. With shaking hands, the boy did as the angel instructed and ran with his weeds the rest of the way to church. 

When he arrived, he held his head high as he stepped to the front of the church. Laying the weeds in the manger, he knelt and began a prayer of thanks. As he prayed, his weeds transformed into magnificent, star shaped flowers of bright red, pink and white. 

These Poinsettias, or “Flor de la Noche Buena," (the Flower of the Holy Night) amazed everyone in the church that Christmas Eve. Today, people around the world bring Poinsettias into their homes and churches at Christmas to remember the star that led the Wise Men, and a little boy in Mexico, to the most wonderful manger.

The Poinsettia was introduced into the United States by Joel Roberts Poinsett in 1828 while he was a minister in Mexico. It became a part of American Christmas tradition in the early 1900s when it was promoted by Californian Albert Ecke.

Theresa Bellafiore

In memory of Joseph Bellafiore

In memory of Elisa E. Portz

In memory of my Parents

In memory of my siblings

Bill and Mary Czeschin

In honor of our children Amy, Sarah and Russ

Si Donahue

In honor of Pat Holzbaur

In honor of Melissa Morerod

Mike Englert

In memory 0f Melba Forge

Geoff Ingram

In memory of F. David Ingram

In memory of Roma Meinsen

In memory of Forest and Martha Ingram

In memory of Walter and Gladys Pem

In memory of Kenneth Roberts

In memory of David Roberts

Bette Kunkle

In memory of Dennis Kunkle

In memory of Libby Kunkle

Carol LaRue

In memory of Elsie and Jack LaRue

Alan and Susan Lundquist

In memory of Lorene Fisk

In memory of Lita Lou and Bob Greb

Ivan and Karen Manning

In honor of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren

In memory of our parents and brothers and sisters

John and Susan Marquardt

In honor of and thanks to the entire staff of FCC for all they do through their faith and love

In honor of our daughter Sarah, her husband Brad and our granddaughter Dorothy Morris

In memory of our parents:  Helen and Bill Coil , Dorothy and Dean Marquardt

David and Rachel Ross

In honor of Linda Humphrey

In memory of Norm Humphrey, Lee and Martha Ross

Joy  Rush  

In memory of Charles, Joy, and Cheryl Wilkinson

In memory of Glen and Bethal Rush

Martha Schmidt

In honor of Deb, Joe, grandkids, and great-grandkids

In memory of my husband Lawrence Schmidt

Clint and Jun Shrout

         In memory of DeWitt and Betty Shrout

In memory of Charles and Harriett Shrout

In memory of Glendon and Lillian Shields

In memory of Thomas and Bernice Shrout

Jo Spriggs

In honor of all the beautiful children in our sanctuary each Sunday

Larry and Susie Vader

In honor of our family and friends of FCC