actually hurts people. This past Christmas, The Dream Center of Pickens County opened the Santa
Shoppe Assistance program. The experience of watching parents attend classes to earn store credit, shop for their children's gifts with that credit, and wrap the gifts themselves was overwhelming. Most were single moms and many wept while they shopped and wept while they wrapped. It was a surreal experience for volunteers as we all realized that these parents were weeping because they
were experiencing for the first time..the joy, pride, and abundant blessing of exchange that they never
knew existed. The joy I felt watching these parents was exceedingly more than anything I had experienced before. We prayed for 100 families to participate the first year. God sent us 528 parents and children and 100% of the parents said they would not go back to accepting one way giving at
Christmas. God wants far greater things for these families than a hand out. It is pure joy to see
them realize it. We welcome you to come see it for yourself. www.dreamcenterpc.org
them realize it. We welcome you to come see it for yourself. www.dreamcenterpc.org
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