Ellis County Ministerial Alliance
Attention, parents, grandparents, Sunday School teachers, and church youth leaders: The Ellis County Ministerial Alliance needs your help.
“We would like for your children, ages 4 through high school age, to help us with our monthly magazine coming up in February,” said Linn Ann Huntington, the magazine’s editor.
Each month the magazine, called “ONE,” has a theme. The theme for February is: If you were with the Wise Men visiting the Baby Jesus so long ago, what gift would you give to Jesus?
“We know that the Wise Men brought Jesus special gifts. We would like to know what the children in your life would bring him,” Huntington said. “Please emphasize to the children that the gift needs to be something they own, and that they aren’t going to get it back. Once they give it to Jesus, it is his to keep.”
It would be helpful if church workers or family members could collect the responses from their kids, Huntington said.
Please include the following: The name of the church (if applicable), the child’s first name and first initial of their last name, the child’s age, what gift they would give to the Baby Jesus, and why.
Email responses to [email protected] by Thursday, Jan. 12. Mills has volunteered to collect and sort the responses.
“Please include the name and contact information for the person submitting the responses, so we can contact you if we have questions,” Huntington said.
“It is our hope that this question can be tied into the observance of Epiphany, when the Wise Men visited the Baby Jesus. That observance was Friday, Jan. 6,” Huntington said.
She provided this example of a typical response: “Any church, Hays or Ellis; Levi Jones; age 6; I would give the Baby Jesus my kitten, McAdoo. We recently moved to a new apartment, and they don’t let us keep pets here. I figure the Baby Jesus would give McAdoo a good home. Besides, McAdoo still pees on the floor. But I figure in a stable, it’s not going to matter anyway.”
Huntington added, “We want to hear the kids’ unvarnished responses.”
Those with questions may contact Mills at the above email.
The magazine is published electronically each month in an 8 ½ x 11 format on the ECMA website, www.ourecma.com by clicking on menu, and then the “ONE” tab. The February issue will be available after Feb. 1, Huntington said.
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