Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Walnut HIll Church Weekly Letter

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Greetings to all!

We continue our reflection on the event of Jesus' birth with thoughts 
from Frederick Buechner.

   For better or worse, it is a truth that, for twenty centuries, there have
been untold numbers of men and women who, in untold numbers of
ways, have been so grasped by the child who was born, so caught up
in the message he taught and the life he lived, that they have found 
themselves profoundly changed by their relationship with him.  And
they have gone on proclaiming, as the writers of the Gospels 
proclaimed before them, that through the birth of Jesus a life-giving
power was released into the world which to their minds could have
been no less than the power of God himself.  This is the central truth
that Matthew and Luke are trying to convey in their accounts of the
Nativity.  And it was a truth which no language or legend seemed too
extravagant to convey.  What the birth meant - meant to them, to the
world - was the truth that mattered to them most and, when all is said
and done, perhaps the only truth that matters to anyone.
(from Listening to Your Life)

The scripture lessons, for Sunday, December 30...
1 Samuel 2:18- 20, 26
Colossians 3:12-17
Luke 2:25 - 40

Men's Coffee - Walnut HIll men are invited to gather for coffee on 
Saturday mornings, 8am, at Paneras on Richmond Rd.  Feel free to stop
by for as long or short a time as your schedule allows.  No rsvp required.

Sunday Conversations will be on holiday break this Sunday.  Look 
for Sunday Conversations to resume on Sunday, January 6.

Morning Worship will be held at its usual 11am time this Sunday,
December 30.  Nursery care and Sunday School will be available for
children.

Sunday Refreshments this Sunday, December 30, will be an opportunity 
to share your leftover holiday goodies.  Bring a plate of whatever holiday treat
you have available and would like to share with the church community.

Christmas Eve brought a full Sanctuary of Walnut Hill members, friends,
and visitors.  Thanks to all who attended and to many who contributed
toward the Innkeeper's Offering, a total of $821, to support the provision of
shelter and other services for homeless children, women, and families.

Thank you to all those who by words, cards, and gifts shared the good
spirit of this season with the Ward family.  We are grateful for all these 
expressions of holiday cheer, and we are grateful for the Walnut Hill 
community.

Merry Christmas!

Mike Ward

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