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Traditional Worship:
Saturday 5:30 p.m.
Sunday 8:15 a.m
Sunday 9:45 a.m.

Season of Grace
Contemporary Worship:

Sunday 11:00 a.m.
featuring The
True Mercy Worship
Band
Youth Ministries
God's richest and best blessings to you as you welcome the new year! The "Piecemakers" quilting small group used a book awhile back called Fresh Bread. In it I found a timely poem:

    Welcoming a New Year
    a new year stands on my doorstep
    ready to enter my life's journey.

    something in me welcomes this visitor:
    the hope of bountiful blessings
    the joy of a new beginning
    the freshness of unclaimed surprises

    something in me rebuffs this visitor:
    the swiftness of the coming
    the boldness of the entrance
    the challenge of a year's good-bye

    something in me fears this visitor:
    the unnamed events of future days
    the wisdom needed to walk love well
    the demands of giving away and growing

    a new year stands on my doorstep.
    with fragile caution I move
    to open the door for its entrance.
    my heart leaps with surprise,
    joy jumps in my eyes,
    for there beside this brand-new year

    stands my God with outstretched hand!
    He smiles and gently asks of me:
    can we walk this year together?

    and I so overwhelmed with goodness,
    can barely whisper my reply:

    welcome in!


    May God be with you as the year unfolds before you. Welcome Him!

    Pastor Connie


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