Today Living Hope Celebrated Christmas in a very special and memorable way. The evening started with some Christmas carols being sung in our Chapel and followed by a beautiful message by Pastor John Thomas (Living Hope Chairman and Founder) to the about 100 attendees. After the evening service, guests were invited to stay and learn more about Living Hope’s ministry and to enjoy their packed picnics on the surrounding lawns. With a few moments to spare before dusk, the remaining guests were invited over to the lawn in front of the Health Care Centre to sing some carols to the patients inside the wards – this was truly a beautiful and surely memorable moment for all those you participated.
At dusk, all the guests made their way over to the first ever Living Hope Christmas Celebration and Memorial Tree lighting ceremony. The tree has been a part of a campaign called “Switch on Hope” launched to raise awareness for our Health Care Centre on the property. Due to some heavy funding cuts the Health Care Centre is at risk – the campaign was initiated to create awareness to what Living Hope is about and to get the local and surrounding communities involved in partnership with Living Hope. The lightbulbs on the tree symbolizes the patients that have passed through the Health Care Centre over the years since the Health Care Centre opened its doors in early 2005. The tree will be lit from now until Christmas day to continue raise awareness to the work that Living Hope is doing in this area. And nothing can be more symbolic than the cross at the top of the tree to symbolize the reason for this season.
Thank you so very much to all who attended, you bought lightbulbs and a very special thank you to the following sponsors:




