- Advent is about new beginnings. The Fourth Sunday in Advent is December 22.
What is the new beginning in your life that you desire more love?
- Hope is the expectation that God reigns and God’s promises will be fulfilled.
- Peace is something God will give you that surpasses all understanding.
- Joy is the contentment that adds buoyancy to your soul.
- Love is anchor to our relationship with God and others.
Jesus came into the world, fully God and fully man. Jesus Christ brings salvation to humans in order to reconcile all things to the Father.
- Hope ensures your new beginning is purposed by God and not an accident.
- Peace ensures your new beginning is anchored in God’s faithfulness.
- Joy ensures your new beginning is grounded in God’s imminent presence.
- Love ensures your new beginning is anchored in God’s unconditional love.
It is this Jesus who suffered, died, and was buried for you. It is this Jesus who rose from the dead in order for you to know the most incredible new beginning…forgiveness of sin, everlasting life, and purpose for living.
It is this Jesus that we are expecting and waiting for, waiting for and expecting.
This past Monday night the Stated Session meeting, the Session received the Nominating Committee’s report for the members of the Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC): Mitzi Darmstetter, Kevin East, Bruce Gealy, Adam Lancelot, Janet Rhoads, Carolyn Shaw, and Ginny Vincent. The Session also called a Special Congregational meeting for Sunday, January 12, 2025, immediately following the 11:00am Worship Service to elect the Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC) members and Paula Lancelot to the Deacon Class of 2027.
On the journey of Christian discipleship and spiritual formation with you, I remain faithfully yours,
Steve
The Rev. Dr. Steven M. Marsh
Interim Pastor
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