On December 17th Brookmeade will take the offering for the Christmas Fund for the Veterans of the Cross and the Emergency Fund. One of the five special mission offerings of the UCC, the Christmas Fund provides pension and health premium supplementation to lower-income retired church workers, emergency assistance to clergy or lay church employees in need, and Christmas “Thank You” gift checks to hundreds of annuitants. A special envelope will be in the bulletin. Through your gifts to the Christmas Fund, you, too, can embody Shepherding the Light and pass on God’s love.