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Hope and Faith Bringing S.Dakotans Together at Christmas

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Friday, December 12, 2008   

Sioux Falls, SD - South Dakota's faith community is reminding residents this needn't be a blue Christmas, despite a gloomy economy. Gene Miller, executive director of the Association of Christian Churches of South Dakota, says starting new traditions while staying within the family budget is a great way to celebrate the holidays and create a lifetime of memories. Although being frugal is important during hard times, Miller adds, it's equally important to support friends, family and neighbors who are making their living in the state's retail community.

"The folks that are out there in the stores don't need us to stop buying. Maybe we need to spend our money differently, but we're all in this together. Part of the economy is us supporting each other, so I would say that one of the things we have to do as church folks is, as funny as this may sound, is buy. That way, we can help the folks who are in those retail businesses not suffer any more than we are suffering ourselves."

Miller recalled a favorite tradition wherein each member of his family was challenged to purchase as many presents as possible using a 10-dollar bill. He said it was amazing that $10 would sometimes buy up to 25 gifts and that, although some were serious and others silly, they were always unique.

"It seems to me that, in some ways, falls in line with the Christian message. What more unique way than for God to send his son in the care of a virgin birth and send him to a world in the middle of the Middle East? It seems to me that, that is one of the unique messages of the church. Maybe there are ways that we can continue to carry out that unique message here on Earth."

Miller says faith is an important component for families to hang onto in hard times. He says change is a part of life and that families dealing with it directly become stronger.




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