Christmastide Greetings, Beloved! 

How are you in this Christmas season?  What emerges for you as we begin a new year?  In my reflections on 2023, gratitude for you and the opportunities to serve with you bubbled up in my being.  Thanks be to God for all the ways you continue to share Jesus’ unstoppable love.  Thanks be to the Creator for the grace and restoration we are offered.  Thanks be to God that we can worship and serve together and grow and learn together.  

 During the children’s messages throughout Advent, I invited the children to be watching for and giving thanks for God’s gifts of hope, love, joy, and peace.  May we carry these gifts of Jesus into the new year.  May you feel God’s faithfulness in the transitions of moving into 2024 and may you always know you are treasured by the Maker of the heavens and the earth!  I give thanks for you and look forward to celebrating Epiphany as we join together physically or virtually this Sunday morning!

 With hope and thanksgiving,

    Sarah

 “Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises.”  Psalm 98:4