12/12/2022
This was an amazing Christmas/Advent Day at my small but talented church! Today we helped over 175 children ($35,000 contributed!) with Christmas presents including clothes, toys, coats and shoes at the Federated (Inter-denominational) Church. We also had 3 new members unite with the church ! Then after worship we hosted a wonderful ministry called Spree Gift Giving started by a Sunday School Class in 1981 with 10 children. Now Spree has become a community wide ministry with the cooperation of the public schools and most local churches and today over 100 volunteers came to take kids shopping!
I went with Genta and we took (our allotted $160 per child) two brothers in elementary school shopping. Some families give us a list, but some let us take the kids to pick out what they want. This was local and personal ministry.
Christmas Eve at 4:30 pm we have a very special “Family Service “ with a special Nativity gift for families with small children and our traditional Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 7:30 pm,