To Our Friends:
As we prepare for a Christmas unlike any in our lifetimes, we also prepare in the way Christians have celebrated for over two thousand years.
We await with joy the celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and we seek to fulfill the mission of the son of God by sharing God's love. and lifting up those in need to receive and share in the blessings that have been bestowed upon us.
Even in these most challenging times, the knowledge that God is in charge means there is room in our hearts for joy, there is room for loving our neighbors as ourselves, and there is room to celebrate our God-given lives for as long as we walk this earth.
It was with this knowledge and faith in our loving God that we reached out to you and made known our goal to find sponsors for every family in the backstretch community that requested assistance this year.
Thanks to you, that goal has been met!
Over the past week, 165 families have been receiving their gifts from you.
The presents are important, and the financial assistance is critical particularly right now, but most important is that each family has been touched by the blessing of a generous heart. Each person knows that you thought of them and found a place in your heart for them.
God Bless You All, and on behalf of the entire NY Race Track Chaplaincy Team, I wish you a Blessed Christmas.