We have a flock of “little lambs”!
If you have seen our festival brochure, you know that the needy children who attend the “Happy Birthday, Jesus! Party” (alias,”the Festival”) are specially chosen children of the working poor in our communities. We call them “little lambs” for two reasons: first, they are the children of the flock of sheep (in God’s word, Jesus said to His deciple, “Do you love me? …….then feed my sheep”) and second, Jesus, himself, was referred to as the “Lamb of God”.
We place the names of these needy children and their three wishes on a card shaped like a lamb. The children are given 3 wishes which is symbolic of the Holy Trinity-Father, Son, & Holy Spirit (3). These cards are then placed on a Christmas tree where sponsors can view them and pick out children to help for Christmas. There is an instruction card on the bottom of each lamb. It looks like this:
Sponsor Instructions
Congratulations! You have chosen a very special child to sponsor!!
Please wrap the gifts and place the child’s name & the code number on each gift (the code # is at the bottom of the lamb card)
PLEASE! Do not put cash or gift cards in the gifts. (you can’t be sure that those items will benefit the child: but gifts and clothes will certainly get to the children’s hands) Also, please remove price tags from the items and only include receipts that allow exchanges only on the clothing and shoes.
Place all the gifts and items for your lamb in a large sturdy trash bag or Santa sack…..attach the lamb card securely to the top of the bag.
DEADLINE to get the gifts to us is Dec 20 th
QUESTIONS ? DIRECTIONS ? TO SCHEDULE A PICK UP ? CALLCHARLOTTE WINGARD 601-355-9589
“You have blessed a precious child! We pray that God richly blesses you!!”
So far, we have been invited to place lamb cards for sponsorship on the Christmas tree at the Flowood WalMart on Lakeland Drive. This is perfect for us because the Flowood WalMart is like Christmas Land. They have the best selection of decorations and toys in the whole area. Mr. Allen Patterson, the manager, and all his office personnel are friendly, helpful, and all-about the Christmas charge- to help those less fortunate in our communities. You can feel the spirit of Christmas at their store……we just say they are the WalMart with a heart. Go on in today and pick a lamb off the tree and Bless a needy child for Christmas.
Just a thought, if you know anywhere else we can place lamb cards on a tree so the public has easy access to them, please call or e-mail me and I will get right on it. WE ARE ALL ABOUT GETTING THESE 350 CHILDREN SPONSORED FOR CHRISTMAS.
We are excited about the possibilities.
Charlotte Wingard e-mail wwjdcaw@aol.com