We
begin a new church year this Sunday and we are asking everyone who calls Cornerstone
MCC home to come together for the holidays. This is a time of new beginnings and we will be more liturgical in our
worship services. The church is being
decorated, the choir is getting their robes ready and I am excited about
wearing my new vestments.
Our
theme this Sunday is "Worship Fully" and we have invited a guest
ministry to come and help us do just that. Christmas is not to be about shopping and giving gifts to one another,
Christmas is about worshiping and giving to others in Jesus name.
We
invite you to turn your Christmas upside down and refrain from what the world
has made Christmas to be, and to take this holiday back for Jesus. Some of us will not be buying gifts and will
take the money we usually spend at Christmas and give it to help provide clean
drinking water to people around the world.
Realizing
that not everyone is ready for such a bold change, we will also have the
"Come to the Manger" drive in which we ask those who are buying
presents for themselves and others, to give to the church the amount equal to
your most expensive purchase.
One of
the joys of MCC is providing choices. All I ask is that you pray about which one God would have you do this
year and then give with joy in your heart. Please mark your donations as either
"Water" or "Manger".
And remember, this is in addition to your regular tithes and offering.
Think of it as a birthday gift to Jesus. I hope to see you Sunday at 10:45am as
we worship fully this first Sunday
of Advent.
Rev
Sandy, Interim Pastoral Leader
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