{"id":3870,"date":"2012-11-12T11:33:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T17:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=3870"},"modified":"2012-11-12T11:43:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T17:43:17","slug":"dolls-legos-christmas-and-the-gospel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/dolls-legos-christmas-and-the-gospel\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolls, Legos, Christmas, and the Gospel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday we announced details for this year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/ministries\/missions\/local\/christmas_store\/\">Christmas Store<\/a>, DSC&#8217;s largest annual local outreach. By helping children and parents provide gifts for one another on Christmas, we are praying for\u00c2\u00a0conversations\u00c2\u00a0about Christ in order to share about the free gift of God&#8217;s grace in the gospel.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this video for a brief introduction to the heart of this ministry, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/ministries\/missions\/local\/christmas_store\/\">click here<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cqUoKxgfBI0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are details from the\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/ministries\/missions\/local\/christmas_store\/\">Christmas Store page<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0about how each of us can be involved:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We have approximately 3,500 items to purchase as a church body. Christmas trees are up with tags listing needed items. Please consider taking 8-10 tags per family unit. Most of the items can be purchased at the dollar store, or for under $10.00. Bring the item back, unwrapped and with the tag on it, so we will know which ministry\/church it is to go to. Deposit the item in the box that matches the tag by Sunday, December 9. If you would like to serve at a Christmas store, you can sign up at one of the kiosks in the foyer. For more information, please contact Carolyn Rush at 505.797.8700.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Examples of Christmas tree tags include sports balls,\u00c2\u00a0baby dolls, legos, children&#8217;s books, school supplies,\u00c2\u00a0winter clothing items, tools,\u00c2\u00a0wallets, diapers, baby toys, and\u00c2\u00a0jewelry.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas provides us with unique\u00c2\u00a0opportunities\u00c2\u00a0for inviting friends and family to church and for sharing the gospel. Let&#8217;s pray, each of us, with the Apostle Paul, &#8220;that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday we announced details for this year&#8217;s Christmas Store, DSC&#8217;s largest annual local outreach. By helping children&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/dolls-legos-christmas-and-the-gospel\/\">Continue Reading &rsaquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[59,51],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3870"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3870"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3872,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3870\/revisions\/3872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}