If you were at our services yesterday, you know that we did something that we rarely ever do (maybe never). I had read in the local paper on Saturday evening that there were 300 children in Oconee County that would not receive Christmas gifts because of some financial shortages of a couple of local agencies. After reading that I thought to myself, "Foothills Community Church can step in and make a difference." So we took a special spontaneous love offering after each of our services. It is absolutely amazing how you all stepped up. We collected over $5,500 yesterday (money is still being received today)!!!
I'm not sure how much money is allocated for each child, but, I'm pretty sure that that will help make sure that quite a few children get presents this year.
Also, yesterday we gave out DVD's to every person that attended. On each DVD there is an entire service (yes, with music!), as well as some other cool stuff. These are for handing out to your friends to make inviting them easier. I'm sure all of us has tried to describe what a Foothills service is like, only to say, "well you just have to come, because I can't really explain it". So now you can just hand them the DVD. They can watch it at their convenience, and if they like what they see, then they'll probably show up. Pretty simple!
Make sure you give yours out this week as we move toward this weekend's Christmas services. The service times are Sunday at 8:30am, 9:45am, 11:15am, and on Monday 4:30pm and 6:00pm
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