Winter
2009
Pastor’s
Page
“The days are surely
coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of
Christmas is almost
here! Doesn’t that bring up a sense of fear and panic? There is so much to do
in just a few short weeks. We have decorations and Christmas lights to hang on
our homes. We have to get our Christmas trees ready. There are party planning
and meal preparation. Many of us have to finalize travel plans. Not to mention
the most dreaded thing of all: a trip to the shopping mall.
Christmas is a very busy time of
year, and it is not surprising that is does provoke all sorts of emotional
conflicts as we prepare for its arrival. It is very easy to focus on the things
we do during this season; what is even more important is the why of the season.
There are moments in life when it
does seem like the world is stacked up against us. We all go through those
times. Nothing seems to go our way and problems just seem like they are
constantly building and building. Perhaps it is financial problems or family
issues. Perhaps it is just a general sense that things are not going the way
you planned. Frequently, when we have those moments, we feel terribly alone.
Christmas is God’s reminder that we
are not alone. God is with us. God is with us when we have bills to pay. God is
with us when we talk to our children. God is with us when we struggle for a
little dignity. God is with us! Do you want to know that God is definitely with
us? Go to the manger and look at the Christ child. The Child is God’s promise
that we will never be alone.
This Christmas season, you are
invited to join your neighbors and friends as we embrace God’s promise. Please
join us for Christmas caroling on December 12th. We will meet at the
Copper Hill UMC parking lot, Copper Hill Road in East Granby, around 2:00 pm
and then go on to visit local nursing homes in the Granby area to sing
Christmas Carols for the residents. The annual “Hanging of the Greens” service
at Copper Hill UMC will take place during the Sunday morning service on
December 13th. There will be a Christmas children’s program at West
Granby UMC during our morning worship service on December 22nd. There
will be two Christmas Eve services on Thursday, December 24th: The
service at Copper Hill UMC will be held at
Christmas is a special time of year
because it is a promise of God’s presence as we journey through life. May that
promise nurture and nourish you throughout the year.
Grace and Peace,
Bob Sorozan
Newsletter
Change
This newsletter brings about a
change in our format. As you are aware, our church depends on volunteers to do
much of its work; we do not have a paid secretarial staff that could work on
the newsletter as part of their duties. So, to keep our volunteer newsletter
team happy and content, we have changed our format to a seasonal newsletter.
You can help in this change by submitting newsletter articles,
and by volunteering to help out in the newsletter process. If everything goes
well, we may even increase the frequency of the newsletter issues.
Pastor Bob
Sorozan
Looking
Ahead
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Human Relations Day
Offering –
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Newsletter Deadline –
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Ash Wednesday –
Church Office Closed
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Ash
Wednesday
On
Wednesday, February 17th, at