Don’t forget what yesterday was all about
Tweet Christmas time is a time for giving. People give and give, hoping to help their fellow man have a more joyous holiday season. It’s one of the best things about this time of year. That, however, was yesterday. Today is the day after Christmas. Today is the day that people seem to forget all [...]
Read More →The Week of Christmas and Is All Well?
Tweet Many of us are already sick of Christmas by the time we get to this week. We wonder if we are on the last lap of a race that we begin to think there is simply no hope of winning. The music, that we first loved to hear around Thanksgiving, has grown tired and worn us [...]
Read More →Christmas: A special occasion
Tweet I’ve been thinking a lot lately about “special occasions”. I guess it’s because we have one coming up very soon – our annual Christmas contata. There are a lot of special occasions and special days. There’s Christmas, Easter, Independence Day, Sunday School Rally Day, the Stewardship banquet, clean-up day at the church, hotdogs and [...]
Read More →Shakers and movers of the bell
Tweet “Stand near the kettle. Keep the bell ringing. Greet people. Smile. Don’t eat on the job. No. Not even a candy bar. No radio. Don’t smoke at the kettle. Don’t ask shoppers for donations.” The rules are the same for every bell ringer. I like to say I have steady work. I work for [...]
Read More →Red Kettle campaign under way in Albany
Tweet A Salvation Army bell-ringer who identified herself Sharon Works last week outside Winn-Dixie on Sylvester Road in Albany The Salvation Army has begun its 2009 Red Kettle Campaign to ask the community for donations in the Albany area. The campaign is a traditional part of the Christmas season, and people know the Salvation Army [...]
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