After months of planning, making lists and checking them twice, our annual Christmas Party at the Blind Boone Community Center was a big, overflowing success - “overflowing” because the numbers in attendance seemed to double from just a year ago, and the endless rows of black plastic bags stuffed with the children’s gifts from The Crossing Church flowed down the Community Center’s long hallway. From the sounds coming from the jingle bell necklace-making station, various drawings for prizes, to the serenade of our African friends, there was no doubt that this party was a whole lot of fun for everyone who attended.
What began as a way to give the kids and their parents something to do while they waited to hear their name called to receive their gifts, is now a much-anticipated event for Granny’s House families.
Many of us sort through stacks of holiday invites, trying to decide which ones get a “yes” and which ones we have to decline, but for most of our families, this is the ONLY Christmas party invitation they receive during the holiday season...
For us, it’s another opportunity to say, “You are loved... you matter to us and to God!” (1 Thessalonians 2:7, 8)
