Branch of Love 2024 Delivered
Branch of Love Thanks You!
As part of the Branch of Love Program for Christmas of 2024, Manassas Baptist Church (MBC) teamed up with several other local churches to make Christmas brighter for 322 children of inmates incarcerated at the Prince William – Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center (ADC). MBC provided gifts for 34 of these children. The last gifts were delivered on December 17th. The first picture below shows many of the Christmas Gifts that you provided this year.
Besides the gifts that you provided, children received handmade hats, while guardians received handmade scarves from the gifted people of Crafts for Christ. Thank you, Ellen Miller, Sharon Potter, and Bill Miller.
Besides the gifts that you provided, children received handmade hats, while guardians received handmade scarves from the gifted people of Crafts for Christ. Thank you, Ellen Miller, Sharon Potter, and Bill Miller.
We’d also like to thank Ernie Newland and his UPS store, located across from the hospital, for his help in the shipping of gifts to 8 children and their 5 guardians.
Thanks to Maritza Neuman for her translation and delivery assistance to the families that spoke Spanish. Thanks also to those who helped financially to fund some of the Bibles, books, and gifts.
Thanks to Maritza Neuman for her translation and delivery assistance to the families that spoke Spanish. Thanks also to those who helped financially to fund some of the Bibles, books, and gifts.
Besides the children’s gifts, each guardian received a Thompson Chain Study Bible, a Walmart gift card, treats, and Christian DVDs and Christian Books that could be shared with the children. The picture to the right shows these gifts.
Most guardians were typically not expecting to raise these children (especially alone) and the children were typically not expecting to not have their parent(s) with them for Christmas. Some children were blessed to have loving grandparents and other relatives who stepped up to nurture another generation. You made Christmas brighter for these children who did nothing to cause the change in their circumstances.
Most guardians were typically not expecting to raise these children (especially alone) and the children were typically not expecting to not have their parent(s) with them for Christmas. Some children were blessed to have loving grandparents and other relatives who stepped up to nurture another generation. You made Christmas brighter for these children who did nothing to cause the change in their circumstances.
The ages of this year’s children ranged from 5 months to 17 years. Most children lived in or near Manassas: (Manassas=22; Culpeper=3; Manassas Park=3; Wilson, NC=3; Colonial Beach=1; Midlothian, VA=1; Woodbridge=1).
Thank you for all that you did to help this year!
May 2025 be full of God’s Blessings and Presence for you and yours!
Wayne & Karen Gorsuch
Thank you for all that you did to help this year!
May 2025 be full of God’s Blessings and Presence for you and yours!
Wayne & Karen Gorsuch