Month: December 2025

Advent and Christmas: A time for giving and RECEIVING… “For I received from the Lord what I now pass on to you.” I Corinthians 11:23   Dear friends, We are now in the season of Advent when our thoughts are on giving… we give in many ways: our time, our talents and our material gifts.…

Advent Preparations  “Prepare the way for the Lord…” Matthew 3:3 Dear friends, Advent is a time of preparations… getting ready for the “main event,” Christmas… the birth of Jesus…God with us. Thanks to all who came Saturday to prepare the church in anticipation of our Hanging of the Greens service Sunday morning and thanks to…

Prayers of Thanksgiving “Let us come before him with thanksgiving…” Psalm 95:2 Dear friends, On Thursday, hopefully all of us will pause from our busy lives to offer a prayer of thanksgiving on this “official” day set aside for giving thanks. Know that I am thankful for each of you and offer prayers of thanksgiving…