Happy first day of December! Thank you for your generous support of time, talent, treasure and prayer. Thanksgiving weekend was a huge success and we were able to provide a traditional Thanksgiving meal to all of the men, women and children staying at City Mission, as well as many people in the community. Thank you!

In Honor of Her Father

In November, Stacey McMullen and Cassie Clayton (pictured right) called City Mission to see if they could volunteer in the kitchen on November 19. In speaking with Volunteer Manager Sue Gartland, Cassie and her mom Stacey revealed why they wanted to serve on this specific day: November 19 is the anniversary of the death of Cassie's father Matthew
Clayton --- a long time community member who enjoyed eating in City Mission's Feed My Sheep Dinning Room for three years.

"This is the number one thing I wanted to do today to honor my father," Cassie said. She also spoke of how grateful she is that City Mission's Samaritan Care provided food bags and a warm winter jacket for her dad when he had very little.

"I wanted to serve at the Mission today to help myself deal with today, and I wanted to help someone that's in the same position he was in," she explained. "By helping him, the Mission gave me three more years with him, and I'm really grateful."

The City Mission staff feel truly blessed to be able to help Matthew and others like him in the community!

Samaritan Care

Thank you to everyone who has already donated toward our emergency appeal for nonperishable food items for City Mission's Samaritan Care Food Pantry! We appreciate the businesses and churches who held and continue to hold food drives. We have also been blessed by individual donors who have brought everything from a single bag of food to a carload of food. Every donation makes a positive difference! Thank you and bless you! If you want to collect food or organize a drive, contact Food Services manager, Judy Sandy at (724)222-8530 ext. 222.

Monday Memo Music

[Official Video] Mary, Did You Know? - Pentatonix

With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays it's hard to not get caught up with what society tells us Christmas is about ... presents.

We love presents as much as anyone, but we truly believe that Christmas is about One Present ... the gift of Jesus Christ, born in a manger, to bring salvation to a broken world.

We hope you enjoy this week's music selection from
the a cappella group Pentatonix as they sing "Mary Did You Know?"

Blessings,

Your Friends at the City Mission

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