For the 3rd year in a row, the Corcoran family spent Christmas Eve at the Chattanooga Christmas Eve Celebration at the Chattanooga Trade & Convention Center. It has become a favorite part of the Christmas season for my family and this year was no different. The music and message where great. I particularly enjoy that Christians from various churches and denominations come together to worship and celebrate the birth of our Savior. At tonight's service, an interesting challenge was shared with us and I thought I would also share it with you and encourage you to participate as well. It generated good discussion with my children at dinner following the service.
As a part of illustrating the "pay it forward" concept Brainerd Baptist Church actually gave away $26,000 in sealed envelopes in $20, $50, and $100 increments! I know some of you are re-reading that sentence right now, and YES it is correct. At the closing of the message, we were challenged to bring the envelope home, pray over who we should give it too, and match the amount that was in our envelope (or give more) and then to give it away!
We have two different families that we are praying over and am looking forward to the time when we give this money to this family. If you are interested, Brainerd will be having a special service on January 15th at 6pm to share about how this project has impacted the Chattanooga area. Come be a part of it!
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