December 23, 2016
Dear Eastridge Family,
In the famous story of Martha and Mary, Mary was sitting at
the feet of Jesus, listening to Him teach, while Martha was in the kitchen busy
trying to serve. Jesus said that Mary had
the better part, but many of us are sympathetic with Martha.
It is a good thing to remember as we do our shopping,
cleaning, cooking, wrapping presents and more.
In all of these things we need to ask God to make Mary and Martha into
one woman. In order to celebrate the
right way, a lot must happen, and it doesn’t happen by itself. Work is involved, and this work extends
beyond the ordinary levels of our work.
If we are to properly celebrate Christmas we must maintain a
proper balance between laboring in the kitchen and sitting in the living room
listening to Jesus. When we get out of
balance we will not find joy in the holidays but rather the holidays will
become a burden and a stress. At Christmas
we have a privilege to celebrate with material stuff, but because it is
material, we are often tempted to get distracted with material concerns. Let’s pray that God would help us avoid that
temptation and keep Christmas a highlight of celebration.
- · Youth Meeting Tonight
Tonight our youth group is meeting at the church at 6:30pm.
- · NCM – Child Sponsorship
Each month the Nazarene Church has a special emphasis for
missions. This month it is Nazarene
Compassionate Ministry (NCM) http://www.ncm.org/ and one
great way to be involved is to sponsor a child for $30 per month. As a sponsor you will be involved in helping
a child receive an education and some medical attention. There is more information on the website and
our local missionary president Todd Hunter has some brochures with information
on the information desk at the church.
- Christmas Service
We will have a Christmas communion service on Sunday December
25th 10am at the church. We
will not have Sunday school that morning but this is always a good time to
invite unchurched friends, family and neighbors (people on your OIKOS List).
I am looking forward to worshipping with you on Christmas Day,
Pastor Andy
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