Heights Pastor Looks to Bring Christmas to a Church Full of Homeless Children
The Rev. Scott Reese has spent more than 30 years of his life helping people without money or homes. This year, he hopes to make Christmas a whole lot better for a thousand kids.
It's been a tough year. Christ Cares ministry lost a Christmas dinner sponsorship, thanks to economic difficulties, and the program's director, the Rev. Scott Reese, has been dealing with some health issues.. But Reese is not new to challenges. A challenge started his ministry. "As a 13-year-old, I began sharing my faith," says Reese. "I began spending my Saturdays going with other teenagers to some rough parts of Chicago. One of the first times we went, I went up to an older teenage boy and asked him if he were to die right now, would he be sure he would go to Heaven? "The gang leader reached in his pocket, pulled out a switchblade and told me, 'Nope. If you were to die, do you know for sure you'd go to Heaven?' gratefully he began …
