Our church is located in an increasingly poorer part of Tulsa. Since I have been here, five nearby congregations have fled to nicer parts of town. We thought about it a bit.
But we stayed.
The reason is that we want to be of encouragement to those within our community. These are important and special children of God. They bless us by letting us assist where we can. We are blessed as a few become a part of our church fabric.
Today we get to do something really exciting. Every December we have a Saturday where we open the Christmas Store in one of our larger rooms. Tables throughout are draped with potential gifts for the littles of our community. It is a big deal!
The Christmas Store now awaits about fifty-five families who will do much of their shopping for their children. Our members have shopped, purchased, brought items, and donated them to be sold to these shoppers. Toys, clothes, games, etc. are currently perched upon tables. Shopping carts are poised for their first customers.
This isn't a fund-raiser. It is a fun-raiser.
All of the items can be purchased with tags on them of $1, $2, or $5. These families who can't afford to get their children something nice for Christmas will come to our store in a few minutes and buy items at approximately 25% of their true value.
Rugged yellow Tonka trucks are now aligned on the showroom floor. These are being guarded by dolls and stuffed animals, you can be assured.
I'm blessed to be a part of a church family that has worked hard these past few weeks in order to bring financial relief to parents and fun to their children Christmas day. Today....is a fun-raiser and I'm pumped!
Let the fun-raiser begin!!!
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