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Celebration and Anticipation!

In this season we are all celebrating the birth of Christ. Gifts, songs, beautiful lights and decorations, being with others. All...

Ann Abbott

Dec 18, 20231 min read

Start at the Manger, and go to the Cross

Our choir is singing some beautiful songs for this year’s Cantata. One of my favorites is this one, “Start at the Manger” (Words & Music by Robert Sterling & Deborah Craig-Claar Word Music Nashville, TN) Let me quote just the first few lines: Start at the manger on a cold winter night. Look for the star in the sky, and follow its light. It leads to a Savior for a world that is lost. Start at the manger, then go to the cross. Listen to it at https://www.youtube.com/watch

Ann Abbott

Dec 15, 20221 min read

Advent - Preparing for His Coming!

“Advent, (from Latin adventus, “coming”), in the Christian church calendar, the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas and also of preparation for the Second Coming of Christ. ( https://www.britannica.com/editor/The-Editors-of-Encyclopaedia-Britannica/4419 ) As the definition indicates, this is the period of 4 weeks before Christmas where Christians focus on preparing for the time of celebration of the birth of Christ. Typically,

Ann Abbott

Dec 8, 20223 min read

This Little Light...

There is a gospel song that goes “This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine…Let it shine till Jesus comes, I’m going to let it shine.” (originally written by Harry Dixon Loes around 1920) We have just celebrated Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the “Light of the World”. His birth was the fulfillment of the prophecy “those who have walked in darkness have seen a great light!” (Isaiah 9:2) Jesus, the Messiah, Emmanuel, “God With Us”…all name

Ann Abbott

Dec 29, 20211 min read