The Hudson Valley Handbell Ringers in New York held a benefit concert on April 29, to raise money in an effort to replace the handbells that we lost in the hurricane. Each year at the Hudson Valley Handbell Festival around $500 is raised for a specific cause. This year the festival was so successful--with FPC Gulfport as the beneficiary--that they were able to provide us with an entire 3 octave set of Schulmerich handbells (worth approximately $10,000)!!
On Monday and Tuesday of this week, several of the festival organizers flew to Gulfport to present the church with the new set of bells, along with cases in which to store them, gloves, music folders, and a check for $1200 to go toward the purchase of bell tables and pads and additional music. Thanks be to God for this incredible gift!
We continue to be overwhelmed (and encouraged) by the generosity of Christians from around the world, people who do not know us at all and, yet, want to help us in our hour of need. What a tangible expression of the love of Christ! I pray God's blessings on the Hudson Valley Handbell Ringers and on every group like them who has stood by us and encouraged us and loved us because God first loved them. May the world around us take notice...soli Deo gloria!
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