Friday at 11am our Kindergarten will offer their Christmas program. If you attend, you will be blessed with their smiles, their message and their music. It is a wonderful group of 3,4, and 5 year olds. Come and join us.
Sunday at 9am is the Christmas Musical for the children’s choir. It is entitled Follow the Star and is a fun and joyous reminder of why the “wise men” of the Christmas Story sought after Christ and why we still do today! Join the fantastic story of these three companions as they set their sights on a bright star in the heavens that would ultimately lead them to the Christ-child, the King of all kings!
Joseph is the center of Sunday’s 11am sermon. God was orchestrating the birth of the savior and God was inviting Joseph to play a critical part in His plan to save the world. Yet, at this very moment Joseph felt at his lowest, betrayed by the one he was to marry.
Adam Hamilton spoke to me about Joseph’s situation. “Something amazing was about to happen, but Joseph could not see this yet. In my life God has always taken the pain, the disappointment, the heartache and used it in profound ways that I could only see and understand in hindsight. Today when I face moments of profound disappointment, and journeys that I don’t want to take, I turn them over to God and invite Him to, in the words of the Apostle Paul, make all things work together for good for those who love God, and are called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28).”
Children on December 18, during children’s worship, we will have a birthday party for Jesus. Please bring a gift for Jesus that we can give away to keep someone else warm–=blanket, hat, or gloves.
Christmas Eve Worship begins at 4pm and 7pm. The offering for both services will go in its entirety to the mission commitments listed in the budget of Highland Park.
Looking ahead to January for Jesus. Make your plans to join in the celebration.
January 8-”Sliding into a new year with Jesus”–wear pants this day
January 15-”Cooking up a new love of Jesus”–making waffles this day
January 22-”Learning Godley lessons through theater”–Marionette theater will be here
January 29-”I scream, you scream, we all scream for Jesus” Ice cream truck will come
See you Soon, Pastor Ray
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