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2013 Worship Guide
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Hartsburg United Methodist Church
Reflections
s we enter into the season of
Advent, I reflect on the past year
and all the things that have hap-
pened in my life, just as I am sure some
of you do. I anxiously await Christmas
Eve as I prepare for the coming of
Christ Jesus, who came to save us all.
God had this planned, and He prepared
those involved – Mary, Joseph, Zecha-
riah and Elizabeth – for the birth of
this special child. God came to Zecha-
riah, proclaiming that he and his wife,
Elizabeth, who had been barren, would
be given a child who would go before
the Messiah and proclaim his coming.
God sent an angel to Mary and then to
Joseph, who both began preparing for
the birth of Jesus. Both of them knew
full well that He would be an important
part of what God had planned. They
knew He would be special because He
was a gift from God.
Through this Advent and Christmas
season, let us all remember that Jesus
is a special gift, given from God to all
of us. He came to save us. He came to
teach us about the love of God, that
never-ending love that none of us are
worthy of receiving, but we receive it
freely from God anyway.
I pray that all of us are able to get
through this season without giving
in to the rush and commercialism of
Christmas, and remember the real rea-
son for this holiday is to celebrate that
special gift given to us by God: Jesus
Christ, the infant meant to become the
Savior of the World, the King of Kings
and the Prince of Peace.
May God bless you all through this Ad-
vent and Christmas season!
Merry Christmas and God’s blessings!
Pastor Tami Werschey-Kessinger
Hartsburg United Methodist Church
