Christmas Message from Pastor Becki

Dear Parish Family,

 

I am very much looking forward to our first Christmas together as we approach the celebration our Lord's nativity! I am praying for each family by name- that you may know the presence of Jesus in your hearts and homes this holiday season.

 

If you are a visitor to our web site, please come "Home for the Holidays" - home to a wonderful time celebrating the true meaning of Christmas. We would love to have you join us!

 

God and weather willing, we will gather at 5:00 PM on Christmas Eve at Little River Elementary School for worship. Their sidewalks are clear and the parking lot plowed. Please plan to join us there. It is a time to fall on our knees and gaze in wonder at the babe in the manger. Our Scripture readings that night are Isaiah 9:2-7, Titus 2:11-14, and Luke 2:1-20.

 

There will be no nursery or child care - and that is by design. We WANT our children of all ages to experience worship with their families. There will be a child friendly reading of the gospel, and a children's message as well as an adult homily. We adults have a lot to learn from watching the wonder of our children as they gaze with adoration at the babe with "no crib for his bed." It is to be expected that they will be wiggly and excited. IT'S OK - we should be wiggly and excited, too- the One through whom all things were created is about to be born anew into our hearts and lives. If that doesn't make us want to wiggle -well, it should!

 

Please invite friends and neighbors to join you for worship! Personal invitation is the single most effective way for others to come and see that the Lord is good. Pray and ask God whom you should ask - and then ask them!

 

See you on Thursday at 4:58 (or earlier)!

 

May the joy and delight of Christmas fill your heart to overflowing.

 

In Christ,

 

Becki+

 

The Rev. Becki Neumann+
Rector, South Riding Anglican Church
Office: 703-961-1983
Cell: 240-217-4370
Home: 717-762-0924