Sacred Season - Merry Christmas
Last night there was a very unusual and special candlelight service at FBC and to further remind us of how sacred is the season, we observed the sacrament of the Lord's Supper this morning as part of another unique time of worship. Pastor Rob never runs out of fresh ways to present God's love and His presents.
We pray you are aware of God's greatest present (gift)... no, it's not life, it is instead the Giver of Life Eternal, Jesus Christ our Savior. God's greatest gift is Himself! All else pales in the face of that, yet from our earthly family and friends, we still enjoy gifts, both material and intangible.
It is our tradition to open one gift on Christmas eve. I had Richard open my anniversary gift to him. If you recall I forgot our anniversary, number 30, on the 14th. Because of who he is and his deep understanding of who I have become since my brain injury, he was not really hurt... and we shared this time with no hidden feelings as sometimes can happen when a special day or even is missed.
Another great gift we received last night was an e-mail from Eva! Actually, I didn't see it until this morning. Great to hear from her! I was so tired last night I lay down for a nap and didn't wake up until morning. It was the first time since I have been a grown up that I didn't help Santa fill stockings. He made out OK without me.
Now, as we travel to visit family in Diamond Springs, our hearts are full and we wish you all God's most perfect and best.... most of all we pray you know Him! Merry Christmas!
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We pray you are aware of God's greatest present (gift)... no, it's not life, it is instead the Giver of Life Eternal, Jesus Christ our Savior. God's greatest gift is Himself! All else pales in the face of that, yet from our earthly family and friends, we still enjoy gifts, both material and intangible.
It is our tradition to open one gift on Christmas eve. I had Richard open my anniversary gift to him. If you recall I forgot our anniversary, number 30, on the 14th. Because of who he is and his deep understanding of who I have become since my brain injury, he was not really hurt... and we shared this time with no hidden feelings as sometimes can happen when a special day or even is missed.
Another great gift we received last night was an e-mail from Eva! Actually, I didn't see it until this morning. Great to hear from her! I was so tired last night I lay down for a nap and didn't wake up until morning. It was the first time since I have been a grown up that I didn't help Santa fill stockings. He made out OK without me.
Now, as we travel to visit family in Diamond Springs, our hearts are full and we wish you all God's most perfect and best.... most of all we pray you know Him! Merry Christmas!
P.S. The comment links below work... Why not leave a comment!
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So, why did you describe the Christmas Eve service as unusual?
Just curious...
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The Christmas Eve service was the outworking of a creative and talented mind, that of Pastor Rob, who being the iverterate Time Traveler he is, took us forward in time to 2007... There we were treated to a "post mortem" serving of his musical talent as performed post humously by himself and his three sons... You just had to be there!
Oh, you live far away? Well, it's worth a trip, believe me. The finale of the evening was when all those gatherered in worship each came forward to light a canfle they carried as we alined ourselves along the perimeters of the chapel, sang Silent Night and shared the Benediction.... Beautiful!
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