O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise
to the rock of our salvation!
(Psalm 95:1)
Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
As we begin a new year together, I want to take a step back
and praise God for some of the wonderful ways God has been at work in this
congregation. We have a dedicated group
of women who gather together to make quilts for Lutheran World Relief. We had a lovely Christmas pageant with a
large number of youth who did a wonderful job of telling the story of the first
Christmas.
We have countless people of all ages in our congregation who
are seeking to live out their faith in meaningful ways, often times through
service. This manifests itself in our
youth through strong participation in events such as Work Camp. It also is evident in the large number of
volunteers we have to help with Family Promise, and Emmanuel Dining Room, and
numerous other opportunities for service both inside and outside the walls of
this congregation.
The past month or so has been full of many wonderful
blessing for me in both my personal life and my ministry. So I also want to sing a song of praise to
the Lord as well. The seasons of Advent
and Christmas have been full of singing to the Lord between our Advent mid-week
services, Christmas caroling, services full of carols and special music, and
much much more. It is my hope that the
joyful singing which is quite easy to do in December, may continue this month
and throughout the rest of the year. For
Christ has come and dwells among us always.
The rock of our salvation is here.
Come, let us sing to the lord.
God’s peace be with you,
Vicar Mike
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