Praise be to God for sending his Son Jesus. May you be filled with the joy of Jesus this Christmastide and throughout the coming year. Thanksgivings:  We give thanks to God for the safe evacuation of SAMS candidate Mary Chowenhill from Juba, South Sudan, the week before Christmas. Please continue to pray for peace for South Sudan. Lift up the many new refugees coming into Ethiopia and pray that strife would not spill over. 
Thanks be to God for the successful surgeries and His ongoing healing of SAMS trustees Brian Wortham and Pam Hernandez. |
Helpful Tips for Giving at End of the Year SAMS will be available to assist you via phone until 9 PM tonight and until 11 PM the 31st. Please call 724-266-0669 for assistance with the website or to make a credit card gift. If you desire to give by credit card, please remember that to be credited for calendar year 2013, SAMS needs to receive your credit card gift information via mail by tomorrow. Feel free to call if you want to confirm that your credit card gift you made via mail has indeed been received. Credit cards made via our website or phone (724-266-0669) by midnight tomorrow will be credited for 2013. For mail all gifts postmarked by the 31st will be credited to 2013 unless you send a postdated check.
Finally, you may not know that the IRA Charitable Rollover was extended through December 31, 2013, allowing individuals age 70 1/2 or older to make direct transfers totaling up to $100,000 per year to 501(c)(3) organizations without having to count the transfers as income for Federal Income Tax purposes.
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