We received this card last year from Denis and Jenny Greene and their lovely family in Kansas City. (Thanks Denis! Thanks Jenny!) As it says on the back of the card:
The "Bus Stop Nativity" (2007) was designed by St. James Youth Group Member Osa Eke. Here Christ, along with Mary and Joseph, are waiting at the bus stop at the corner of 39th and Troost Ave., just outside St. James Catholic Church. (Personal note: If you are unfamiliar with navigating KC, MO, you would not know that this isn't one of the city's "Visitor Brochure" neighborhoods. Sure, there are worse neighborhoods, but no one is going to confuse this area with the Country Club strip of Ward Parkway.)
To learn more about St. James Catholic Church and its ministries, visit http://www.stjkc.org/
The card itself was created by a youth group member and printed by the Student Press @ DeLaSalle with assists the Parish with all printing needs. In this way it is a mission arm of the Parish and helps support people who need printing and people who need to learn a skill. I imagined when I got some of these cards last year, I was helping support this part of the Parish mission.
Unfortunately the card is no longer available. But it returns us to the question, what are you giving this Christmas?
If you can make one gift, just one gift, something that helps give to others too, it is a gift that gives twice. I hope all who receive the card are as blessed as I was when we got it. I pray the kids working with the Student Press @ DeLaSalle are blessed too with what they receive from the mission.
Can we all do this at least once this Christmas season? A little can go a long, long way.
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