GOOD THINGS 12-30-2009

Posted by: rboylee in MyBlog on Dec 30, 2009

1. Christmas comes once a year and we maximize its impact every time. Tree of Hope enabled us to give gifts to 692 people (each child on the list received 2 gifts).
   
2. Since Tree of Hope led us to give 19% of those to people in our church, that means 81% went to outreach families. That seems like a healthy ratio of caring for those outside the church.
   
3. The generosity of our people is not new but it still kind of rocks my world when we finish a big project like this. You all rock!
   
4. Our pastoral staff is top notch and I thank them for letting me see my son for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I have not been away from here on the 24th of Dec. since my mom died in 2001 so it was a nice gift to me.
   
5. Our pastoral staff is so top notch, they delivered “One of the best ever” Christmas Eve services in our history, with 1,500 people attending the two services. Now please join me in filling up Sunday mornings like you did Christmas Eve! We have the room! </li>