Brown's Daily Word 11-20-12

Dear Friends,

Joy to the world; the Lord is come. Let Earth receive her King. Praise the Lord for the wonderful season when we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior. It is a wonderful season of giving and receiving. It is also a wonderful season of proclamation that our Lord and Savior has come and that He will come again in victory and majesty.

This is our annual appeal to you, our friends and family, to join us in blessing pastors and evangelists in G. Udayagiri, Phulbani, Orissa, India. As you recall, this area was the target of intense persecution of the church by the radical Hindu extremists in August, 2008. The Christians there suffered a great loss of life and property. In spite of great persecution and bloodshed the Church in the area has grown 20% since the persecutions began. In 2013 the Church in this area will celebrate 100 years since the first Hindu converts were baptized on Easter Sunday. The church is growing. The Good News is being proclaimed. We would like to bless some of the pastors and evangelists during this wonderful Christmas season. We would like send $50 each to 30 pastors and evangelists. We also desire to bless 30 young girls who are residing at the Dugudi Children's home. I am attaching their pictures with this note. We would like to send $25 for each of the girls. That money will be used to buy them a special Christmas gift including a set of new clothing.

This is an invitation to you join us prayerfully and joyfully to bless the pastors and the children. You can sponsor one pastor or one child or both, or give in any way that you can, according to the blessings the Lord has bestowed on you. It will be a tremendous blessing to them. Perhaps your church can sponsor a couple of pastors or your family can sponsor a child. They will be blessed and so will you.

Please you make checks payable to:

Union Center United Methodist Church.

Memo: Orissa Christmas Project.

Mail your gift to:

Union Center United Methodist Church, 128 Maple Drive, Endicott, NY 13760

Joy to the world; the Lord is come.

In His Joy,

Brown