Dear Family & Friends of Christ Church, 

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Sitting at my desk on December 30, I find my spirit filled with several, overlapping emotions. My heart is still filled with joy and pride from our Christmas services. Each welcomed more worshippers than the year before. Our family Christmas Eve service saw attendance double from last year. Numbers don’t tell the whole story, but they are one way to measure how we are connecting to the wider community. To all who made Christmas here so special, please know how grateful I am for the witness we offered, and the hours of ministry invested to make these liturgies so meaningful.

 

I am also mindful of the calendar shift that is just on the horizon. I included this prayer on Sunday:

 

As we near the end of another year,

we look both at the days, months, and years past,

and the time that lies ahead.

We know we have done nothing to deserve or earn the gift of time we are given. 

Time, like the air we breathe and life itself, is a gift from you. 

May we remember to thank you each and every day

for life, time, and the multitude of blessings you shower upon us.