Hello Friends, Are you counting down the days until Christmas? December is here….People are putting up colorful lights, inflatable Santas and Olafs are taking over yards, Rudolph is getting his nose charged, Christmas Trees are illuminating windows, and Christmas lists are growing by the minute! I can’t believe Christmas is just a few weeks away!? I haven’t even started shopping yet and my Christmas decorations are still in the garage. I guess it’s time to start getting ready for Christmas! Last week, I asked you a simple question: “What comes to mind......

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Hello Friends, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Between all the eating, napping, and watching the parade and football, did you find some time to make a Thanksgiving list? Did you sit in your favorite chair and write down all the things you are thankful for? If you are anything like me, after eating a lot of food at my Grandmother’s on Thanksgiving, I typically didn’t write a thanksgiving list. I usually wrote a Christmas list filled with all the cool toys I saw on TV or in magazines. But......

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Thanksgiving books for kids teach us about coming together with our loved ones and to give thanks for all that we have. I Am Thankful is an adorable, rhyming storybook that follows three different families as they celebrate the holiday with their own traditions, acts of kindness, and ways of giving back. Kids will learn how to be thankful for the people and world around them as they delight in the sweet illustrations that show diverse families and exciting Thanksgiving adventures. This heartfelt, poetic story will show young ones the meaning of......

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A Thanksgiving tale about a hedgehog’s quest to hold her very own balloon. “Balloons are amazing! They’re so fun and so floaty. Though when she got close, They all went EXPLODEY!” Family, food, football, and … balloons? Thanksgiving is Holly’s favorite holiday. Every year, she tries to make the Thanksgiving feast even better with some magnificent balloons. But balloons and hedgehog spikes don’t always get along. Encouraged by her dad, Holly sets a plan in motion – calling on friends like Betty Baboon and Little Pork for help. Can she make her......

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Hello Friends, Well….Halloween is over. There is a chilliness in the air. The sun has decided to hide behind the clouds. “The chance of snow flurries” seems to be the favorite phrase on every weather station imaginable in the area. And I have now plugged in and turned on a space heater in my office. I think winter has arrived…But you know what that means? Christmas is just around the corner! Lately, I have been receiving Christmas adds in the mail, watching Christmas commercials on television, seeing posts on social media that......

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Hello Friends! Just a couple of days ago, we celebrated a specific holiday that honors all those who have served our country. They either served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, or Space Force. For some of us, we get the day off of school to celebrate this holiday and our parents get the day off as well. Do you know the name of the holiday we just celebrated? That’s right! Veterans Day! I was doing some research on Veterans Day and this is what I found out:......

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Hello Friends, Today, I want to share with you about a special day that we celebrate in the church. This day is known as All Saints Day, and it takes place on November 1st every year. It is not nearly as well known as the day before, All Hallows’ (Saints’) Eve, better known as Halloween, but is far more important in the life of the church. Our founder, John Wesley, even found All Saints Day to be very important. In a journal entry from November 1, 1767, Wesley calls it “a festival......

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