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Beginning Advent
First Church Family: Goodness, it’s cold! While winter hasn’t officially begun, you can’t tell it! I pray that you are warm and well. This coming Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent and also the first Sunday of the church year. “Advent” means coming – namely the coming of God into our world in and through the Incarnation. A transformation occurs in our lives every year at this time as we are reminded of how much we mean to God who offered Himself in…
February News
First Church Family, When February begins, we celebrate the half-way mark of winter. And we’ve felt its fury over the past weeks with snow, ice, and bitter cold. I enjoy every season, but I must say that I’m looking forward to seeing daffodils burst through the ground in the next weeks. In worship during February, we will be talking about performing a “check-up” on our spiritual lives. So many people get caught up in what I termed the…