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Christmas Gift Outreach: Another Great Year
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Something I love to see is members of our church finding ways to serve and bless people in the community. Last year Carolyn McCulley, a longtime Covenant Life member, did just that when she spearheaded a plan to give Christmas gifts to foster-care children in the area. And she’s done it again this year. Thanks to her effort and the generosity of many other Covenant Life members, numerous foster children will receive gifts this Christmas season.
To help you appreciate the effect of this outreach, I wanted to share an encouraging e-mail from Cheryl Banks of Montgomery County Child Welfare Services. Cheryl is the contact person who has helped to connect Carolyn and our church with area foster care families. She writes:
Two years ago we received a call from Carolyn, who wanted to see how Covenant Life could be of help to foster children. Because most of our children do not have much and don’t often have gifts for the holidays, we try to match them with members of the community. That year we didn’t have as many donors, and we didn’t know how we would get gifts for our kids. Then Carolyn called, and Covenant Life adopted every un-adopted child. And your commitment has continued ever since.
This year the Church has adopted more than 150 children, including some recent emergencies we’ve had. One family just experienced a house fire last week, and members of the church have stepped in to provide gifts for the children. One church member, a business owner, contacted us directly to donate money that is usually set aside for Christmas gifts for clients. [That money bought] gift certificates for our teens, who are usually the ones no one wants to adopt.
You know how things fall into place, just as they are supposed to? That has what has happened with Covenant Life and Child Welfare. Each time we have had an unexpected crisis, someone at Covenant Life comes forward. I can only imagine the joy for the children and relief for the parents on Christmas morning….…We will never know how a child will be touched by the gifts we have given, but this act of kindness may affect the child’s world view for a life time. It is profound in its simplicity. I know for myself, as part of the process, I have been deeply touched by the depth of the need of our children and the enormous wave of generosity from your community. It’s what keeps me going throughout the year…
Thank you so much for everything you have done!
Cheryl, thank you for your kind words and for faithfully working behind the scenes to serve these families. We are grateful for the wonderful work you do. And to Carolyn, and all the care groups and individuals who participated this year and last: Well done! “Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.” —Luke 12:33
P.S. The gifts pictured above were purchased by the Lotinsky Care Group for a family of five.
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