This is a hard Christmas for a lot of people. We live in an area that is very blue collar, low pay, and high divorce. Add to that the increased cost of living and the high number of people that are unemployed or underemployed and you can imagine that it will be a lean holiday for many. This includes families within our own church.
We identified a number of families in our congregation that could use some extra help this year for Christmas. We have 19 children that we asked church members to purchase gifts for (the children and families are kept anonymous, of course). I am so impressed with our church family. They really stepped up. Every gift need that we had was filled in the span of one morning. Many families that are new to our church are purchasing gifts. Even families that I know are hurting financially themselves volunteered to purchase gifts.
Christmas is a time for giving sacrificially. God gave his only son, Jesus. What are you giving this Christmas season?
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