Merry Christmas! epistle Want to make the most of the season? The happiest time of the year Merry Christmas The Meaning of Christmas Resetting the Table Small Acts of Giving Follow Jesus in the New Year Final Thoughts : Epiphany Worship Opportunities Christmas is one season we feel like we “get”. For us, we see it as a time to gather with family, to share in the love of Jesus, and to remember our feelings and experi- ences of family. What if we hold to the idea that Christ- mas doesn’t end when we wake up on the morning of the 26th, trucking our tree out to the curb. What if we celebrated all 12 days; wishing people a “Merry Christ- mas” and giving gifts to one another? the A seasonal publication of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 1.2 Issue in this issue >>> Merry Christmas & blessing to you and your entire family throughout this holiday season! I am so very thankful to be with you this year, with St. Paul’s as we celebrate the seasons of Christmas and Epiphany: two of my absolute favorite seasons. In Christmas, we celebrate the incarnate Word of GOD, Jesus. We celebrate his coming in our history, his continued presence with us, and his future coming again to reconcile the world. It is awesome! In season after the Epiphany, we are mindful of Je- sus’s mission in the world. Mostly, I am thankful to have found a home at St. Paul’s. We are a people that demonstrate the love of Christ with one another and with the stranger. A people moved to act and be. A people who are able to recognize our united life together as a journey and continued experi- ence of the divine love of GOD. There are few things more “Christmasy” than that. In this season of hope and expectation, may we remember what we are called to do and who we are called to be: the hands and feet of Christ. Peace to you, Drew+ Christmas & Epiphany
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Merry Christmas!
epistle Want to make the most of the season?
The happiest time of the year
Merry Christmas
The Meaning of Christmas
Resetting the Table
Small Acts of Giving
Follow Jesus in the New Year
Final Thoughts : Epiphany
Worship Opportunities
Christmas is one season we feel like we
“get”. For us, we see it as a time to gather
with family, to share in the love of Jesus,
and to remember our feelings and experi-
ences of family.
What if we hold to the idea that Christ-
mas doesn’t end when we wake up on the
morning of the 26th, trucking our tree out
to the curb. What if we celebrated all 12
days; wishing people a “Merry Christ-
mas” and giving gifts to one another?
the A seasonal publication of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
1.2 Issue in this issue >>>
Merry Christmas & blessing to you and your entire family throughout
this holiday season!
I am so very thankful to be with you this year, with St. Paul’s as we
celebrate the seasons of Christmas and Epiphany: two of my absolute
favorite seasons. In Christmas, we celebrate the incarnate Word of
GOD, Jesus. We celebrate his coming in our history, his continued
presence with us, and his future coming again to reconcile the world.
It is awesome! In season after the Epiphany, we are mindful of Je-
sus’s mission in the world.
Mostly, I am thankful to have found a home at St. Paul’s. We are a
people that demonstrate the love of Christ with one another and with
the stranger. A people moved to act and be. A people who are able to
recognize our united life together as a journey and continued experi-
ence of the divine love of GOD. There are few things more
“Christmasy” than that.
In this season of hope and expectation, may we remember what we
are called to do and who we are called to be: the hands and feet of