The Messenger - December 2010 - (Page 1)
Grandview United Methodist Church
“Making Gentle A Bruised World”
The Messenger
Volume 12, Issue 12 December 2010
Christmas Eve worship: 5 p.m.—Simple, halfhour service for young children and their families. 7 p.m.—Family candlelight service with music and stories from our Sunday School children. 9 p.m.—Traditional candlelight service with the choir and Communion. 11 p.m.—Candlelight service with traditional carols, led by pianist Liz Fulmer.
An Advent Invitation to All
What does the coming of Christ mean to us? How will we come to know Immanuel—God With Us—this Christmas? Some of us right now may feel as if things are falling apart. But the Christmas miracle is of the birth of one who holds all things together. In Jesus Christ, heaven and earth are held together. The sacred and the human fuse. Creator and creation are joined. Spirit and flesh become one. All things are whole. If it feels to you like things are falling apart right now, try this: participate as fully as you can in Advent and Christmas. Worship often. Play Christmas carols around your house and sing to them while you do the dishes. Deck your halls in whatever way pleases you. Light candles in your living room at night and enjoy stillness and beauty. Give something away. Be with people who love you. We think that you’ll find, in the process, that things start coming together. In a swaddled baby, born two millennia ago yet still alive today, all things are held together. —Mike & Andrea
Fishes and Loaves
Inside this issue:
Notes of Thanks Youth News Mission, Faith & Action Gift Card Update ASP News United Methodist Women Evangelism 3 4 5 5 6 7 8
By Rev. Andrea Brown
The miracle of the loaves and fishes was reenacated here this fall. As you may recall, the story, told in all four gospels (including in John 6), recounts how more than 5,000 people came out to hear Jesus. It appeared there was no food to feed them all, and the hosts and partyplanners (a.k.a. the 12 disciples) were fretting.
Suddenly, a little boy offered his lunch: five loaves and two fish. And lo and behold, there was enough to feed everyone and even to make leftovers. What happened? We don’t know for sure, but this story certainly recalls for us situations where we thought we had nothing to give, and then someone—someone younger, someone less rich,
Alex Newkirk
someone (frankly) more generous—gives something and we are
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of The Messenger - December 2010
Notes of Thanks
Youth News
Mission, Faith & Action
Gift Card Update
ASP News
United Methodist Women
Evangelism
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