The stories, scriptures, and traditions of the Christmas season have been passed down to us throughout the generations. Like a tapestry woven throughout time, the Christmas story weaves us in—to remember how God has shown up in the past, and how God continues to work in our lives. Emmanuel, ‘God With Us’ continues to work in our generation!

This year I am going to focus  on all the humans involved in the story of Christ’s birth. I am going to try and offer a clear, chronological storyline of the events leading up to and following Christ’s birth. November 27th marks the first Sunday of Advent. We will have Communion together that Sunday as we enter once again the journey to Bethlehem.  The promise of the Christ child is meant to be lived out and passed on from generation to generation!  The theme “From Generation to Generation…” reminds us of the ways our lives, histories, actions, and stories are interconnected and woven together. The work of God is always unfolding—in and through us. This Advent, may you remember that you belong—to a story etched into the wrinkles of time, to generations that have come before and will come after, to a love that won’t let you go.