Clothes & Shoes for the whole family, Housewares, THE Best Toys we’ve ever offered, Books, Paintings & Pictures as well as Electronics plus a whole lot more! Everyone participating received a FREE Luncheon while also having an opportunity to talk with and be prayed for by one of our volunteers.
Many felt “Soo Blessed” this Christmas as they told us their real stories of how their needs for clothes, toys for the kids & the other FREE items offered were met as they expressed their “Thanks” to BPC; “The church that’s always doing something for this community.” I’m told that some even came from the local bus stop missing their bus to get to our event, WOW!
Here’s just some of the scoop;
Over 20 BPCers on Friday evening screening, sorting, tagging & setting up the donations
Over 30 BPCers during the event on Saturday servings as greeters, shopping assistants, providing help with loading cars & serving lunch
Close to 300 people blessed
About 70 boxes of food given to families of 4 for an entire Holiday Meal
Thank you to all you BPCers who volunteered; as your Pastors Francie & I are soo proud of you! You stepped up & did an AMAZING job “Connecting Real People to the Real God” this Christmas! May God richly bless you & your families as you have served Him showing the Love of Christ to others! And…a very BIG “THANK YOU” to BPC’s Awesome Staff; Outreach Pastor, Maribeth for coordinating the entire event, Pastor Steve & our Intern Shelby for assisting. This was THE BEST Christmas Outreach we've ever hosted!
Because you all gave of yourselves this past weekend & as we enter into the busiest week of the year we want you BPCers to spend extended time on Sunday afternoon with your families & friends; especially since the Steelers won’t be playing until Monday night. So… this Sunday we WILL NOT have a Luncheon following the service.
If “Care to Share” is an indicator of what’s God’s up to then I can’t wait to see all He’s gonna do in & through BPC as we launch into 2012!
Next Sunday I’m beginning a new message series for Christmas entitled; “Once Upon a Time; God’s Timeless Story of Christmas Blessing.” Please join us for this special series that’ll take us through Christmas Eve and conclude on Christmas Day with Special Guest Speaker Rev. Greg Krowitz Jr.!
Since 1996 APC has planted 10 churches with BPC being the 7th plant in 2007 beginning as a small group of only 6 people. It was through God’s provision, Pastor Jeff’s leadership & coaching plus the faithful support of APC’s congregation that BPC grew holding its Grand Opening Service on Palm Sunday 2008. Since that time we’ve become Incorporated, acquired our own building which we purchased for the amazing sum of $1.00 (ONE Dollar) and have taken on membership. So needless to say yesterday was a very BIG deal at BPC!
During the prayer time I announced that our Kids Guy, Steve Michalowski, received his License to Preach ministry credential then Jeff lead us in a prayer of blessing over Steve as our Missionary, Pat Summers, and BPC Board of Stewardship all gathered around him.
Following the message Jeff asked me, Jim, Chester & Charlie, AKA BPC’s Board of Stewardship, to stand facing the congregation so that he could pray a prayer of blessing over us & the congregation of BPC! I just can’t put into words the feelings that came over me during that moment…it was so powerful!! Following the service we moved the party to the Lower Level of the church where we continued the celebration with Cake & Ice Cream!
Francie & I are so excited and honored to have Maribeth as a part of BPC’s staff! As an elementary student Maribeth attended our Jr Church services while we were Children’s Pastoring at APC back in the day. It’s during those years Maribeth felt the call of God for Foreign Missions. After High School Maribeth attended & graduated from Valley Forge Christian College with a Bachelors Degree in Missions. She also holds a License to Preach Credential with the Penn-Del District of the Assemblies of God. Maribeth has served the Lord in Costa Rica & Nicaraugua.
