Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone I hope that all of you have a wonderful day with family and friends. I am so thankful for the greatest gift that I ever received and that gift is a relationship with Jesus Christ. God sent His son to this earth on Christmas morning so that I could have a relationship with God. When I accepted the gift of God it changed my life forever. I am certainly not perfect but I am forgiven. When I got Jesus I got a friend who loves me unconditionally. Not only that but I got peace, hope, and the opportunity to live a worry free life that I can live to the fullest if I just will. I would say that Jesus is definitely the Greatest Gift I have ever received. Have you accepted this gift, I wish you would. Merry Christmas everyone.

Great Weekend at Emmanuel

Last night we had our second annual shopping spree for those who needed a little help in our community. Emmanuel became the hands and feet of Jesus. All weekend long people have been going the extra mile. We had a benefit auction on Saturday night and raised $4000 dollars to buy gifts for those in need. People from the church donated all the items to sell and all the money went to those less fortunate. I love this time of year as we celebrate the birth of Jesus it just seems to bring out the best in our church.

Gift Revolution

Please don't forget our 2nd annual Gift Revolution as we collect gifts for those in need of a little help this year around Christmas. We are on pace to pass last years total of gifts and families helped we still in need of more toys and volunteers. If you know of a family that you would like added to our list of those invited to come and shop please call the church office and let us know. Giving is a great way to get a blessing!

Friendly Friday

Hey everybody why not designate every Friday as friendly Friday. I know you need to be friendly everyday but let's go the extra mile on Fridays. Today I picked up a hitchhiker, he was young man who just got out of jail and was trying to get home to Paragould and I took him to Rector on my way to a funeral. Tomorrow I am going to the nursing home and taking a pizza to a special friend who has had a stroke and she hasn't been able to go home. She has a little girl that she just loves and I am looking forward to seeing her tomorrow. We can all do something please comment and let me know what friendly Friday thing you get to do for somebody. Have a GREAT Friday but don't forget Sunday is comin'.

Just to let you know I am so pumped up about Dec 20!!!!! This year we are going to make a BIG difference in our community by letting parents shop for Christmas at Emmanuel!!!! We are going to pass out our own stimulus money. If you have someone that you know of that could use our help please call the church office so we can keep a record of how many people to expect. I hope everyone that reads this blog will get involved in a BIG way! Buy gifts if you can but if you can't pray for those in need and come help volunteer on this BIG day!!! We need to fill the stage in just 3 more weeks. WE CAN DO IT! Pray for someone to come to know Jesus as their savior, that's why we do what we do.