From the Pastor's Study
The season of Advent sill soon arrive.  This Advent we will follow the star from Lexington to Bethlehem where we will greet the newborn Savior.  Advent is a time of waiting, preparing and anticipating.  It is a time to make room once again for Gods presence in our heart and lives.

May your Advent be filled with the light of the star and may you rekindle God’s promise of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love.

In God’s great hope,
Rev. Susan


STAR-GIVING

What I’d really like to give you for Christmas is a Star...
Brilliance in a package,
Something you  could keep in the pocket of your jeans
Or in the pocket of your being, 
Something to take out in times of darkness,
Something that would never snuff out or tarnish, 
Something you could hold in your hand,
Something for wonderment,
Something for pondering,
Something that would remind you of
What Christmas has always meant:
God’s Advent Light into the Darkness of the world.
But Stars are only Gods for giving
And I must be content to give you words and wishes and
Packages without Stars.
But I can wish for you Life
As radiant as the Star
That announced the Christ Child’s coming,
And as filled with awe as the Shepherds who stood 
Beneath its Light,
And I can pass on to you the Love
That has been given to me, 
Ignited  countless times by others
Who have knelt in Bethlehems Light.
Perhaps, if you ask, God will give you a Star.

--Ann Weems