Christmas Letter 2009
“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord” Luke 2:11
The staff, volunteers and board members would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a truly blessed New Year! I’m sure you’re like many people around this time of year – busy decorating your home, preparing for visits with family and friends, going to Christmas parties (possibly hosting one – yikes!) going to Christmas pageants and shows and, of course, I’m sure you’re busy with last minute shopping - making sure you don’t forget anyone or trying to find that “perfect” gift for that certain someone. Ah-yes, Christmas is in the air!
One gift you can feel confident about giving this year is the gift you give to the Beaufort Women’s Center, be it monthly, quarterly, one-time or year-end; it couldn’t be anymore “perfect” for us.
We generally think of gifts as something someone can hold in their hand and admire – maybe a toy a child has been wishing for, a piece of jewelry or maybe some tickets to a long awaited event. But the gift you give to the BWC is so much more than that. Many of the women or teens who visit the Center feel hopeless and lost with no where to turn and often wonder how they’ll make it with another mouth to feed. Because God has blessed you with the privilege of sharing that which He has given you with us, the BWC can offer so much more.
Because of you, we can provide a physical gift through our Earn While You Learn Program, a prenatal and parenting program, by helping to defray some of the expense of a layette filled with baby items from 0-3 months which the client receives after completing the program. Because of you, we can give the gift of satisfying an emotional need by providing a place where they receive God’s love, grace, compassion and a listening ear from one of our trained volunteers; but most of all, because of you we can supply a spiritual gift and there is truly no better gift then sharing the Bread of Life, the Word of God, the Gospel, the Good News that God loves them and has provided a way for them to enter in to His Kingdom.
There are so many ministries out there and God doesn’t call us to give to them all but for some reason He has called you for such a time as this to support the BWC and for that, we are eternally grateful.
Yes, we love giving gifts. I believe it IS more blessed to give than to receive, but if we’re honest with ourselves, we love receiving gifts as well. I pray that this Christmas season, especially in these troubled times, we will all take time to remind ourselves of the real reason for the season and remember the best gift WE will receive this Christmas, the greatest present, is from God when He provided a way to dwell in his presence now and forever!
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believeth in Him should not perish but have ever lasting life” John 3:16
God Bless You All!
