As
I read the ads, as I watch the commercials
the
lights blinding, the sales unending
Santa
everywhere, but where is the Christ-child
We
have lost Christmas on the altar of excess
Why
did this happen, were we so timid
did
we let others steal Christ’s day
Santa
everywhere, but where is the Christ-child
No
one lines up to pose by the stable
the
manger bed where he lay
for
pictures with Mary, with Joseph
Lost
busy shopping, for things we don’t need
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December
14, 2012
Spirit
Study,
around
session 2,
“Giving Up
on Perfect”
of video
series:
“A
Different Kind of Christmas: Living and Giving Like Jesus”
by Reverend
Mike Slaughter
and
companion book,
“Christmas
Is Not Your Birthday: Experience the Joy of Living and Giving like Jesus”,
also by
Reverend Mike Slaughter,
led
by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
December
9, 2012
Second
Sunday of Advent
&
Worship
Theme: “I Believe in the Love/ Peace”
Luke 3:1-6 (English Standard Version Bible)
John the Baptist Prepares the Way
Malachi 3:1-4 (Common English Bible)
Philippians 1:3-11 (Contemporary English
Version Bible)
and
sermon – “True Love”
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
December
9, 2012
Second
Sunday of Advent
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