Hey Westside...

Lucy and I made it back safely from Cape Town, South Africa. We had an amazing time with family and were able to see some amazing places and some amazing things. As I mentioned last week, Cape Town is an area of extremes. You have the very wealthy but also the extremely poor. Some of the Townships, which are made up of tin shacks, are overloaded with people as well as violence. But in spite of that, as you drive through those areas, you still see kids smiling and playing and enjoying the life they have. Seeing that, helps me to put things in perspective.

I’m excited to be back with you all this week and I hope that everyone will make it a priority to be here. I really want to be able to worship with all our Westside family. We will continue in our series called... “The Cast of Christmas”. This week we will look at the part the shepherds played. I can’t wait to share this powerful message with each and every one of you. This is one of those messages that has the potential to be life changing.

We are still collecting $25.00 Target gift cards and stuff for gift bags for the “Single Mom’s Ministry, Thrive”. See Tori for what you can provide for the gift bags.

We still have a couple of families to adopt for Christmas. If you would like to share with one, please let me know.

Also, for all our men... Breakfast and Bible Study will be next Saturday, December 21st, @7:30am at the church.

Let’s do our best to pack out Westside tomorrow morning @ 10am and don’t forget to reach out and bring someone with you.

Love you all...

Jerry