The Advent of Jesus

Advent-2015-PIN_focusThe song said, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!”  And the song is right. Why is this the most wonderful time? Because Love is revealed from heaven. Salvation has come. God is with us – Emmanuel!  We can open the pages of the book and go to Bethlehem and see this One who is born King of the Jews and Lord of the Nations.

Best of all, we can worship Him! We can humble ourselves before Him, adore Him, set our hearts to follow Him and let His goodness and mercy follow us all the rest of our days.

Come, let us adore Christ the Lord together. Don’t miss a single opportunity this Advent season presents. Here is our Calendar.12.15 and our Newsletter12.15.

 

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Starting Over in September

caritas1September is a wonderful month. Our children are headed back to school. Football season is back. Yet, with all that is going on we are active in the work of the kingdom! We are finishing our summer and starting our fall in a dynamic way as we host the CARITAS families from August 29th – September 6th. During the month, you are invited to a special Community Worship service as our brothers and sisters down at Four Mile Creek Baptist Church welcome us to their 10:00 AM service on September 20th. Our choir will join with theirs as we lift our voices together in praise to the Living God!  That is also the second day of the UCI World Bicycle Championships. We welcome our visitors from around the world here on the 19th and the 20th to Varina.

You can find out more about that and more as you view our church Calendar and Newsletter for the month of September. uci1

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It’s Going to Be a Great Day

harpsTomorrow, Laurel Hill welcomes the American Youth Harp Ensemble to worship with us, play for us, and share lunch with us.  They will be setting up early so make them feel welcome to Laurel Hill UMC. They will play for us during the 11:00 AM service, share lunch with us, then at 1:15 PM perform a concert for us. We are set to be blessed.

I will see you there. Bring a little extra for lunch and plan to stay for the wonderful music.

Our early service (8:45 AM) will be meeting downstairs to accomodate the Youth from the Harp Ensemble. Also, the Missions and Ministries Committee will have a very brief meeting immediately following the 11:00 AM worship, prior to lunch.

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A Shared Preparation

Wednesday, February 18th, we will gather together with members of Willis UMC for our Ash Wednesday service. The service will begin at 7:00 PM at Willis United Methodist Church, 8360 Willis Church Rd, Henrico, VA 23231. Pastor Mark Rooks and allashwednesday4 the folks at Willis UMC welcome us for this special time of worship, prayer, and preparation. Make your plans now to mark this time on your calendar as we come together to be marked for Christ!

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