Hello Friends, Happy New Year! Can you believe that we have entered a new year and that 2025 is over and in our rearview mirror?! I can’t believe it….it seems like just yesterday we were celebrating the arrival of 2025 and now we are celebrating the year 2026. With the start of the New Year, many people will make what is called a “New Year’s Resolution,” and these resolutions usually are things that motivate a person to do something better to better themselves. Some say they are going to exercise more, eat......

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Hello Friends, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Did you have a wonderful Christmas? Did Santa stop by your house this year? What was your favorite gift to open? What was your favorite gift to give? As we get ready to close this chapter of the year and begin a new chapter in a just a few days, there is one more thing I wish to share with you. If you have been following these posts throughout the Advent Season, then you may have noticed that we have talked about four different......

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Hello Friends, CHRISTMAS IS JUST A FEW DAYS AWAY!!!! Actually, it’s not a few days away….it is only FOUR DAYS AWAY!!! Are you excited? The day you have been waiting for has finally arrived! The day when you get to open beautifully colored packages with ribbons and bows! The day when you get up early and stay up late examining your new gifts. The day when you gather with family and friends and possibly neighbors to have a meal together. Christmas Day is certainly filled with a lot of excitement. But we......

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Hello Friends, CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE!!! Just look at the calendar! There is just a little over a week to go until Christmas. Do you have all of your Christmas shopping done? Have you found ways to put yourself on the nice list? I hope so, because the big day is almost here! You can feel the joy in the air! People are excited! The stores are filled with busy shoppers! Schools are bursting at the seams with parties and concerts and performances! And my living room is filled with boxes to......

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Hello Friends, Welcome to the Second Week of Advent! There are only 18 Days until Christmas…and let me tell you, I am certainly feeling the pressure and stress. I was looking at my schedule for the next two weeks, and there is not a single day when I don’t have something going on: Christmas Party, Caroling, Christmas Program, Helping at the Food Pantry, Attending Christmas Concerts, Leading Bible Studies and Worship Services, and making sure I get my work done for the week. I guess I can say, “Life is busy right......

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Hello Friends, It’s official! We have entered into the Christmas Season: lights adorn houses, inflated Santas and Frostys have set up camp in yards, and stores are advertising their Christmas sales. Additionally, certain television stations have begun their Christmas countdown. From now until Christmas, we will read about it in the newspapers, hear it on the radio, and see it on television: “24 shopping days until Christmas,” “23 shopping days until Christmas,” “22 shopping days until Christmas” and so on and so forth. All around us places and people are showing us......

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Hello Friends, How are you doing today? Can you believe that just a few weeks ago, snow was on the ground and then last week it felt like Spring, and now we are experiencing true Fall weather? Where else could you experience almost every season of the year in one month? It’s really confusing at times! However, with the constant change of weather and the changing of seasons, I have found myself thinking about what is on the horizon: Thanksgiving and Christmas. When thinking about these two holidays, I’m not really thinking......

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Hello Friends, It’s Pastor Daniel here for this week’s lesson. I hope you are doing well and are enjoying this new month. I can’t believe it is November already!! That’s crazy! Didn’t we just celebrate Halloween?! I still feel as if it should be June or July…. But, here we are: leaves on the ground, the sun setting earlier and earlier, and 11 Days until Thanksgiving and 40 Days until Christmas. Time is certainly flying by. So, before time flies away too quickly, I wanted to share with you something that was......

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Hello Friends, It’s November! The excitement of Halloween has come and gone as bags of candy linger in hard to reach places, the leaves have changed color and have begun to fall to the ground, the fields have been harvested and look empty and vague, and the cool temperatures entice us to stay in bed longer under several blankets. Change is in the air…. As we get ready to experience a change in the weather and in the season, and as we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving in a few weeks, it’s......

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