Dennis in the sermon!

I was surprised to get a call from our pastor last night. I had sent an email to a friend at church about Dennis taking money from his piggy bank on a day he knew we were going to Walmart and how I had thought he was planning to buy a toy and he told me it was to put in the "red bucket to help the people who don't have enough money." My friend forwarded this on to the pastor, and last night he called to have me tell him the story again to get it, as he said, fresh in his mind, telling me he'd like to use that particular anecdote in his sermon. We were proud to hear about it, as proud as we were when Dennis actually did it, and it was a blessing to hear the pastor tell the whole congregation that they needed to get to know Dennis because "he is a real treat, a very special young man". We agree! The message was about how we should help those that need their basic needs met, as that's what Jesus told us to do, rather than buy into the extreme commercialism of the holiday. Dennis' heart is in the right place, and he is teaching us to be the same way!