ATLANTA - Dec. 14, 2007 — A standing room only crowd of agents, friends and families associated with Jenny Pruitt & Associates, Realtors gathered Dec. 7 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Buckhead for a “Christmas Inspirational” program with keynote speaker Ruth Graham, daughter of world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham.

The audience that packed the hotel’s grand ballroom also heard performances by the Atlanta Boy Choir, a solo by the choir’s artistic director, David R. White, and a special welcome from Dan Parmer, president and CEO of Jenny Pruitt & Associates.

Participants surrounded six Christmas trees with a mountain of toys and other gifts donated to the children of Atlanta-based Metro Ministries. A love-offering was also collected for the residents of The Potter’s House, a Stone Mountain-based residential and therapeutic facility for formerly abused and neglected boys. The Potter’s House maintains four homes across metro Atlanta.

Graham’s message was entitled, “What Does Faith Have to Do With Christmas?” and her eventual answer was “Everything.”  She said her steadfast Christian faith has delivered her from a score of personal crises, including a divorce stemming from her husband’s infidelity.  One teenage daughter had two unplanned pregnancies.  Another daughter suffered from bulimia.  Her son battled drug abuse.

“I’m not here because my father is Billy Graham,” she told the audience.  “I’m here because I’m a sinner who was saved.”

Graham, who returned to school at age 40 and graduated cum laude in 2000, is the author of multiple books, including “In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart” and “I’m Pregnant … Now What?  Heartfelt Advice on Getting Through an Unplanned Pregnancy.”

She is the third child of Billy Graham and the late Ruth Graham, who died in June at the age of 87.  Graham is 89 and his health is failing, his daughter said. He is nearly blind and almost totally deaf.

A resident of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, Ruth Graham is founder and chairwoman of Ruth Graham Ministries._dsc0247.jpg