Every day leading up to the event we are working to collect,
price, and display items on tables and racks throughout our education wing. Each room represents a different mission that will benefit
from the proceeds—purchasing gently-used purses raises funds for a
local homeless ministry; buying still-serviceable household items or a few cute
tchotchkes contributes to UMCOR (United Methodist Committee On Relief).
You should see the deals we have! That barely used game of
Junior Scrabble for a $1 is a bargain for the buyer and helps provide a bargain
price for a kid to experience the opportunities only a week at camp could offer.
But our church doesn’t offer bargains this week only. EVERY
week, ALL week, we present the greatest bargain of all—the opportunity for
anyone and everyone to meet Jesus and exchange sin and shortcomings for complete
forgiveness. When Jesus died on the cross, he paid the price required to free
us from the penalty of our disobedience to God. He offers that forgiveness to
all who put their trust in him—ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!
How’s THAT for a real
bargain?
For
it is by God's grace that you have been saved through faith.
It
is not the result of your own efforts,
but
God's gift, so that no one can boast about it.
Ephesians
2:8-9
Be encouraged!
Pam©2017 Pamela D. Williams