Labor of Love Holiday Market
Thank You For Your Support!
Join us for our 36th Annual Labor of Love Holiday Market! Our Labor of Love fundraiser is the one and only fundraiser for our Student Ministry. Every dollar raised goes directly to offset the cost of Student Ministry activities. Our middle school and high school students benefit from each of our wonderful vendors’ participation and from every food item sold.
Without this “Labor of Love,” many of our students would not be able to participate in some excellent opportunities for service and growth. With money raised from our past fundraisers, students have been able to go on various mission trips, summer camps, conferences, and retreats. Thank you for joining us in helping the students of Hillcrest Baptist Church learn to grow in Christ. We appreciate your support.
- Marina Rusch, Labor of Love Director
FOOD PREORDERS are now closed
Food preorders can be picked up at the Holiday Market - Booth 30
Labor of Love History
The Labor of Love Holiday Market was started in 1990 by two women who were trying to raise money for the youth at Hillcrest Church in Austin, Texas. It has grown from a handful of craft tables in the gymnasium to what it is today!
This event has supported youth and their families for many years. Through their hard work at the show, participants earned funds that helped cover the costs of camps, ministry programs, and mission trips.
Thank you for supporting this event and our youth! Please read some of our youth member testimonies.
Youth Testimonies
Helping the Tree of Life Church (in Alaska) was a fun way to help out their community. We replaced the church’s carpeting and replaced a door. Alaska was a great experience, and it was a blessing to help.
- Mason
Our youth group went to Six Flags in San Antonio over the summer. The experience was so, so, so good. We got to enjoy rides, joke with each other while waiting in long lines, encourage one other when it became too hot, share our meals together and learn about each other.
- Anya
I was blessed to attend the Phil Wickham concert. It was a beautiful time of singing songs of worship, praying for our church leadership, and of people giving their lives to Jesus. I was blessed to share this experience with my mom. I'll never forget it.
- Ethan
D-Now (Disciple Now) 2026 was a very uplifting and spiritual weekend conference. We took part in fun games and activities. More importantly, we sung praises to the Lord and listened to powerful and deep sermons. We rotated through meaningful activity stations that helped kids connect spiritually for an unforgettable experience.
- Noah
Alaska was nothing like I’ve ever experienced. It was great to give out blessing bags and help the community and make a difference.
I was able to participate in the worship team, which helped us to remember to praise and worship the Lord which is all we are trying to do. It was an amazing opportunity to uplift and support other people. Being able to spread God’s Word is something I won’t forget!
- June
At FUGE (in Dallas), I helped an elderly lady mow her lawn and picked weeds from her garden. Seeing her happy made me feel good inside.
- Rashad
It’s nothing short of a blessing to have this Labor of Love Holiday Market as a way to support our Youth Program here at Hillcrest. Raising kids has always been expensive, and it seems to get harder to find opportunities for our youth to make money to help out their parents/guardians. The funds that are raised in the few weeks leading up to, and during the Holiday Market have paved the way for so many of our youth to attend Mission Trips, Summer Camps, Spring Break Discipleship Events, and so much more… And even bring friends along, allowing many to be introduced to church in very relational ways! Can’t express enough about how wonderful this has been for the 14+ years I’ve watched the youth benefit from this. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
- Hillcrest Youth Leader, John Cameron
Vendors Interested in Booth Rentals: Contact Marina Rusch
I would like to receive an email about next year’s Holiday Market
3838 Steck Ave
Austin, TX 78759
(512) 345-3771
Service Times: Sundays at 10:00 AM
Church Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
General Inquiries
information@hillcrest.church