December is a time for giving: giving of time, talents, finances, energy, wisdom and most of all ourselves. However, at the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home (SMCH) giving is no different in December than any other time of the year. Many are faithful to the task of caring all year round for those whom God has entrusted to the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home.
Bishop Samuel Santana, who along with his wife Yvette, oversee the Southwestern Spanish Region for the Church of God, was selected to serve as one of the six pastors on Focus on the Family’s Pastor Ambassador Team (P.A.T.). Focus on the Family is an interdenominational ministry in Colorado Springs, Colorado, founded by Dr. James Dobson.
In their annual convention late last month, the ministers of the Church of God in Scotland—only 15 pastors representing 13 churches—gave a generous $1,600 for typhoon relief for the Church of God in the Philippines.
Two missionary women whose ministries through Church of God World Missions touched the lives of thousands of people, were summoned to their eternal home on December 8 and 9. Lucille Walker and Jeanette Chesser faithfully completed their earthly assignments in triumph.
Engage, a quarterly journal for Church of God ministers, leaders and church staff members, has been released. The digital issue is located at www.cogengage.org.
A Tennessee State Representative, Operation Compassion and Lee University have partnered together in an initiative to provide blankets for needy families in Bradley County, Tennessee.
