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This Sunday is the Third Week of Advent: Joy in Saying Yes
There are those who have in themselves the gift of Joy … To them Joy is given as a precious ingredient of life. Wherever they go, they give birth to Joy in others – they are heavenly troubadours, earthbound, who spread their music all around and who sing their song without words and without sounds. To be touched by them is to be blessed of God.
~Dr. Howard Thurman, The Mood of Christmas
Luke 1:39-55
In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.”
And Mary said,
“My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant.
Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
His mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
He has shown strength with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly;
he has filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty.
He has helped his servant Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy,
according to the promise he made to our ancestors,
to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”
When the angel came to Mary to share that she would give birth to the son of the most high God, Mary went from, "How can this be?" to "So let it be." Pastor Patricia's meditation will look at how saying yes to God’s will and purpose can bring joy to our lives.
There are those who have in themselves the gift of Joy … To them Joy is given as a precious ingredient of life. Wherever they go, they give birth to Joy in others – they are heavenly troubadours, earthbound, who spread their music all around and who sing their song without words and without sounds. To be touched by them is to be blessed of God.
~Dr. Howard Thurman, The Mood of Christmas
Luke 1:39-55
In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.”
And Mary said,
“My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant.
Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
His mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
He has shown strength with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly;
he has filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty.
He has helped his servant Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy,
according to the promise he made to our ancestors,
to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”
When the angel came to Mary to share that she would give birth to the son of the most high God, Mary went from, "How can this be?" to "So let it be." Pastor Patricia's meditation will look at how saying yes to God’s will and purpose can bring joy to our lives.
Weekly Happenings
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Recent Happenings
Sunday, December 8th Last Sunday was our Second Advent Sunday with the theme of Peace 
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Sunday, December 8th
The Choir Singing "Pacem"
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Rev. Dr. Tim Phillips “The Lights of Peace”
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