The absence of reports over the last few days reflects the business of the season. I am mindful of the need to be still enough, amid the chaos, to observe the way that Christ is still coming into our world this Christmas.
I am also mindful of the wonderful work being done by our Corps teams across this season.
The band have reached thousands of people with their music. Last Tuesday they provided a carol service for 75 residents at Charles Young Nursing Home. On Sunday they played in the middle of Westfield Marion as thousands of shoppers wandered past - and many stopped to listen. Sunday night they visited a local park and provided music for a community Christmas party in Oaklands Park.
The Community Services team are doing their utmost to break all of their previous service records. They have partnered with so many business and schools, most notably Westpac and Bunnings, and are serving hundreds of families in our area. Today alone 285 families will recieve toys for Christmas - that's around 900 children. Then tomorrow they pick up and serve more people.
Concurrent with this, each of the families is recieving a Salvation Army calendar, youth group syllabus and holiday programme invitation. Pray for a positive response to these invites.
Pray also for those visitors that attended our carol service on Sunday. Judith is busy today following up each of these people that have come to worship with us. Wouldn't it be great if they could all find a home as part of our Christian community?
Pray please for Colin and Mavis Wood. They have stepped into the breach to help organise the Christmas fundraising since Ross has been hospitalised. They are doing a brilliant job, and with their team of volunteers have raised over $25000 this Christmas to be shared among The Salvation Army centres in southern Adelaide.
This weekend the season reaches its apex. I'm looking foward to Christmas Day worship and our 'out of the box' service on Boxing Day.
If I don't get to the computer to send a message before then, I pray that you will sense God's hope, peace, forgiveness and love as sent in Christ this Christmas.
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