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Merry Christmas

 


From our family to yours, we pray you have had a blessed and merry Christmas.  We have enjoyed time together.


So much of our lives are busy and full, but this time of year we are challenged to focus on the real meaning of Christmas as well as the meaning of life.  It is all about about Jesus.


In the past year we have been blessed to be part of making a difference in so many lives.  Our church continues to serve those who are hungry, hurting or homeless through acts of kindness as we win the right to share Jesus with each person.


How about this next year?  We will have even more opportunities, and it is our prayer that we will be able to make a greater impact in the lives of people who need Jesus.  That will happen all the way from Collinsville, further in to Virginia and the United States as well to Cuba and beyond.  Please pray that we will take every chance to demonstrate the love of God to our community and beyond.


Why?  Because Jesus is the reason.  He is the reason for every thing.  Remember… 


Matthew 1:21,23  NLT  

And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” … “Look! The virgin will conceive a child!  She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’”


Isaiah 9:6-7  NLT  

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders.  And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7  His government and its peace will never end.  He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity.  The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen!


It is an honor to be the pastor of The Community Fellowship, to be part of the ministries and even the ways we get to invest in others for Christ.  But my greatest accomplishment is my family.  What a blessing to spend the last several days with these special people.  


God is good!


Please give to the The Community Fellowship’s Christmas mission offering.  Your gift helps us share the message of the Christ and meet needs.  Go to www.thecommunityfellowship.org and click “give online” as well as choose missions or mail your gift to PO Box 388, Collinsville, VA 24078.  Thank you for making a difference!

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