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2015 Worship Guide
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days on earth are over and it is the knowing
God’s promises are true and can be trusted.
Especially in the Christmas season, you and
I both know that we do not deserve such a
wonderful gift, as Jesus our Lord, and yet God
gives Him to us without question or reserve.
Because of the cross, the manger becomes a
place of worship and because God’s grace, the
gift is free and all we have to do is accept it.
Many a Christmas has passed since that night in
a small church in Jamestown, Illinois and many
wonderful experiences of Christmas have come
and gone since then, and each year my faith is
reaffirmed by the one born in Bethlehem.
I look forward to it happening again this year
as we celebrate our first Christmas in Lincoln.
Perhaps more than ever, I seek the Christ in
the lives of the family and friends and fellow
believers, for it is in their eyes that I see this
onderof the great mystery of Christmas. Join
me and all of us at St. John UCC as we journey
one more time to Bethlehem, where we will hear
angels sing and hear the good news,
“That unto us, is born this day, in the city of
David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”
Pastor Ken Kramer
St. John’s United Church of Christ,
Lincoln, Illinois
in the pageant transforms me into a wide-eyed
child again and brings me hope in our busy
and troubled world.
It is the hope of all the ages, that we are not
left to our devices. That in the midst of our
troubles and pain, and sin and darkness, God
sends a light of hope and salvation. In the
midst of fear there is faith, in the midst of
sadness there is joy, in the midst of pain there
is healing, and in the midst of hopelessness
there is hope.
It is the comforting knowledge that God has
come to rule our lives and produce order out
of chaos, and that God is in charge no matter
what the rulers and leaders of this world may
say or do.
It is the promise of everlasting life when our
