Selling Christmas trees
and preaching the gospel

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts—The Springfield congregation, pastored by Bill Ford, which meets on Sunday afternoons at the Living Gate Evangelical Free Church in Granby, Massachusetts, had a fund-raiser selling Christmas trees, thanks to land developer and member Dave LaFleur, who donated the trees from a land purchase.

Church volunteers sold 143 trees for $10 apiece on two weekends. In addition they received some extra donations. Each tree-buyer was given a handout that proclaimed boldly "Jesus is the reason for the season," along with a holiday greeting on the front. On the inside was a thank-you for purchasing a tree along with the name and address of the church and an invitation to come worship with us. Charles R. Sawyer.

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