Dear Church, As Pastor Jeff and I were looking for themes for this year’s Advent series, this one by Cynthia M. Campbell jumped out at us. The worship series will “visit” four homes for Christmas—Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John to see how Christmas is portrayed in the four gospels. The title of the series, “Home for Christmas?” comes from the uncertainty of what this Christmas might look like. Will we be able to follow all the traditions we usually do? Will we see the people we always see over the holidays? Will we stay home when we normally travel? Christmas likely will not be the way it’s “always” been this year. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be joyful, worshipful, giving, and connectional. You might even decide to incorporate some of this year’s new ways of moving through Advent and Christmas into next year’s. Since we will be online for the first two Sundays of Advent, I'd encourage you to set up your own Advent “wreath.” Some of you may already have one, but if you don’t make one. The traditional colors are three purple candles, one pink, and one white Christ candle—but there's no need to go shopping. Any five candles will work. If you don’t have greenery in your Christmas decoration stash, maybe you have a pine tree in the yard. Create your own unique holy space for worship when you join us online or worship on your own. In Christ, Pastor Cathy
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Pastor CathyPastor Cathy has been appointed to Tyner UMC since July 2019; she also is a part-time writing instructor at Bethel University in Mishawaka. Archives
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