Help Christine's Cancer Recovery

Chris and Christine’s Jour­ney

Can­cer. It’s a small word that casts a huge, omi­nous shad­ow. No mat­ter how often you hear the word, or con­front it in friends or fam­i­ly; no amount of prepa­ra­tion

read­ies some­one for the re­al­i­ties of can­cer.

And now, our pas­tor's wife, Chris­tine Miller, hav­ing com­fort­ed and sup­port­ed

so many oth­ers in their bat­tles with can­cer, is con­fronting this fear­some ad­ver­sary

her­self.

It be­gan with a de­cep­tive­ly small lump. Chris­tine vis­it­ed her doc­tor, en­dured

the long days of tests and scans with calm pa­tience. So the bit­ter dis­cov­ery of

breast can­cer came as a shock. A dou­ble mas­tec­to­my was rec­om­mend­ed.

And Chris­tine’s fight and strug­gle with can­cer be­gan. But a fight with can­cer is

al­ways more than just phys­i­cal. The real strug­gle is fear. Can­cer wants to be a thief

and steal mo­ments of joy and calm. For Chris­tine, this has been a grace chal­lenge,

as she has learned to hold tight to hope and grace even while bat­tling. For there is

al­ways grace. There is al­ways room for Je­sus and love. Je­sus doesn’t fear can­cer

and God’s grace is suf­fi­cient. Je­sus’ pres­ence is a con­stant re­minder that whether

we are in the midst of dark days or mun­dane mo­ments, Je­sus is al­ways there.

Thank you for walk­ing this jour­ney with Chris­tine whether up close or from a

dis­tance. Thank you for pray­ing, for car­ing, for en­cour­ag­ing and sup­port­ing in so

many ways. Most of all, thank you for show­ing Chris­tine in real ways that she is not

fac­ing can­cer alone.

Many have asked how they can pro­vide prac­ti­cal help for Chris­tine and Ps

Chris dur­ing this time. So as a church fam­i­ly, we have cre­at­ed this ac­count to raise

mon­ey for a hol­i­day for Pas­tor Chris and Chris­tine.

Over the next few ex­haust­ing days, weeks and months ahead they will en­dure

count­less doc­tor ap­point­ments, hos­pi­tal stays and surg­eries.

We hope that this gift, and the ea­ger an­tic­i­pa­tion of a hol­i­day break, will enable Chris­tine to con­cen­trate on bat­tling this can­cer and get­ting well. And we want­ed to re­mind them both that Je­sus is al­ways there- that life is sur­pris­ing­ly beau­ti­ful, and God is for­ev­er good.

From the bot­tom of our heart we humbly ask that you share this with friends

and fam­i­ly and, if pos­si­ble, in giv­ing... any amount will help.

We thank you for your prayers and sup­port.