A week ago our church was challenged to adopt 100 "Angels" through the Salvation Army. An Angel is a child who would not have gifts at Christmas unless someone is willing to adopt him and purchase gifts. Due to our local economic crisis, the Salvation Army was overwhelmed with requests for help this year--1,660 in all!
Our church not only reached our goal of 100 Angels, but surpassed it by 20. We adopted all 100 Angels the Sunday before Thanksgiving and yesterday, adopted more for a total of 120! We also took 20 Christmas Stockings to fill for deserving children.
The deadline for bringing the gifts for your Angel is Sunday, December 11. Do not wrap the gifts, but place them all together in a bag or box and attach the angel tag. Bring the gifts to the Fellowship Hall and place them on the stage. On Monday morning, December 12, we will deliver the gifts to the Salvation Army. Thank you for making a difference in the life of a child!
Christmas is on a Sunday this year and we are planning an informal worship service at 10:30 a.m. No need to dress up! I shared with the children yesterday that each child should bring a special toy. The service will include a "Blessing of the Toys." We will know as we do this that over 120 deserving children are being blessed because of the kindness and compassion of the First Baptist Family!
How wonderful that our church family has reached out to our community to help the children of Davidson county. The youth are our future. I pray that things will improve for all.
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