Look at those holiday treats! Thank you, Barb, and Marilyn for delicious Christmas goodies that we enjoyed at fellowship after church.
Article by Joyce L. Wiedrich
12-28-2023
Where has this year gone? Time to me seems to go faster and faster. We have enjoyed a beautiful advent and Christmas season at church. Our sanctuary looks gorgeous, and we have really enjoyed the choir, anthems and singing all the beautiful traditional hymns. The advent candles have been lit. Now it’s time to look to the new year and make our resolutions. Some of us have decided to read more of the Bible or participate in Bible studies. We hope we might see some faces back that haven’t been with us in a while.
Our scripture this week was John 1: 6-29. We were blessed to have Grady Bray give us our message this past Sunday. Grady looked at the Bible, specifically the Gospels. What does it mean to us? The Bible is the word of God in the word of the people of God. It is a living document that challenges all of us as much today, as when it was written Grady looked at different writers in the New Testament- Matthew wrote to the Jews, Mark wrote to the Romans, Luke wrote to the Greeks and John wrote to all Christians, the spiritual meaning of Christianity.
When was Jesus born? A 3rd century philosopher calculated that Jesus was conceived March 25 and born December 25. He also had calculated that the world began on March 25. We celebrate Christmas on December 25 of tradition, but most likely Jesus was born at the time when shepherds are in the fields, likely in late September or October.
Thank you Grady for your inspirational message.
We will start out a new Bible study 2024. We have finished up the study based on the movie Its a Wonderful Life, with its local connections!
Happy 2024! Come join us Sundays at 9:00am. The welcome mat is always out!
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