Merry Christmas! As we stand on the threshold of the Christmas celebration, we want to share a few thoughts and thanks.
For one, as we gather to worship you will see on our campus some beautiful new landscaping, including new sod, plantings, mulch and more, all as a part of wrapping up the new walkway project. Many thanks to Mark Davia and Cray Little for spearheading this huge effort, to Trace Watts and Chris Essig for lending their man power to the project, and to a couple of anonymous folks who helped finance this whole operation! It's all so beautiful and so much appreciated.
Also, our thanks to members, Lynn Silkworth architect and Lenny Hatala of Apache Construction for their part in the whole walk way project. It's a wonderful addition to our campus, and pulls everything together so nicely, along with providing shade and cover from the rain for getting around.
Many thanks also to our office volunteers (bulletin folders, etc.) and all of our musicians for making this such a meaningful Advent season, and for the upcoming Christmas season, which will also be most beautiful. This really is a special time of the year, as we celebrate God's coming to us with His Light that overcomes the Darkness.
Merry Christmas to US! The office just received the gift of a new copy machine as an anonymous memorial gift. Many, many thanks!
This year, instead of giving gifts to each other, the staff at Our Savior once again pooled what they would have spent on gifts for each other and is sending half of their combined gift to Haiti Partners and half to Luther Springs. Both of those gifts will also be matched dollar for dollar.
The staff at the Florida Bahamas Synod house did something similar by pooling what would have been gifts to each other and making one nice gift through the ELCA Good Gifts program to provide animals and equipment for a farm in a developing country where the need is so great.
No matter what the gift, or to whom it is given, may all of the gift giving be a reminder of the greatest of gifts received, the Christ Child, and the Love, Light and Peace he brings.
Merry Christmas! See you in church! Pastor Jack
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