A Lincoln Daily News.com Publication
2014 Worship Guide
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Many will connect our God’s birth
into this world through the carols we
love to sing! Some will connect their
faith to the history which surrounds
the birth of Jesus through the real
time events of the time of Quirinus,
the Governor of Syria. Still others
will feel close to the manger through
the visitation of the angels to the
“shepherds abiding in the fields
keeping watch over their flocks by
night.” All this and more prepares our
hearts and our minds, our homes and
our congregations for the celebration
of Christ’s birth again this year.
But first comes Advent. Advent is
the time of preparation for Christ’s
coming. We realize once we begin
Advent that there is much for which
to prepare! There are our homes to
clean, reminding us that Jesus was
not born in a hospital but in a manger
built for animals. There is food to
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