MATTHEW WEST’S “THE MOTIONS” MOST PLAYED CHRISTIAN SONG OF 2009 Single No. 4 on Billboard Decade-End Charts (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) Dec. 18, 2009–Acclaimed singer/songwriter Matthew West’s GRAMMY Award nominated song “The Motions” topped the 2009 Billboard Hot Christian Song and Hot Christian Adult Contemporary Song charts. The song also ranked No. 4 on theBillboard decade-end chart for Christian [...]

As a long time supporter of Samaritan’s Purse, I was moved to tears by your video! This Christmas, my extended family decided to furgo the giving of gifts to each other. As hostess to this year’s Chrostmas celebration, my family is giving each of my relatives $2.00 and asking them to multiply it by what [...]

Social Services in every city has a list of families who need some extra help at the holiday – there is sure to be someone that has a need that you can fill.

Each year I look forward to packing my Christmas shoe boxes and sending them to children in other countries who wouldn’t receive anything for Christmas if it wasn’t for Operation Christmas Child.

I urge every one to contact thier local Mission, homeless shelter or agency that help the homeless. I volunteer with the men at the Union Gospel Mission in St Paul and I have just felt God urging His people to get more involved and to let the homeless know that God loves them and values [...]

This past weekend I was able to provide 2 families with boxes of food. As we all know these are tough times for many people. Our church partnered with a local ministry that provides boxes of food to families in need throughout the year in the S/E Denver Metro area. One family with 3 children [...]

Our church has been collecting non-perishable foods for the past few weeks. We will distribute it to needy families in our community right before New Year’s Day. Our outreach ministry has noticed many families are scratching together all that they have for Christmas so we decided to help provide for the time afterward, when children [...]

My husband and I met a family that was having a really hard year so we left presents at their door. It was so much fun to pick out gifts we thought each of them would enjoy and wrap the packages really pretty. We wanted them to feel extra special and loved when they discovered [...]

I written quite a bit in the past but always kept it private. For the first time ever I shared a Christmas poem I wrote with everyone I know. 27 years ago at Christmas I was broke, I couldn’t afford a box of mac and cheese. Seeing people this year feeling down because money is [...]

Instead of giving or receiving gifts, this year I have requested that my family use the money they would have used to buy me a gift and donate to a cause of their choice. I have also used a portion of my holiday pay to donate to various causes that I feel will do the [...]