Good morning on this icy December 1st Saturday morning. I am looking out my home office window and watching cars slip and slide on the hillside street in front of my house. Regardless of what the calendar shows, it looks like nasty winter weather is here; yet shoppers seem willing to brave the icy roads to do their Christmas shopping in spite of the conditions. Such commitment to this task in service of the sale is commendable and I only hope that Christians will have an equal commitment in service of the Lord. Sunday, December 16th, is the date of our Christmas musical drama and it promises to be an outstanding day. I hope nothing will keep you from attending nor prevent you from bringing family and friends to share this occasion. Keeping Christ in Christmas should be a major goal of every Christian family and our annual Christmas programs, services and projects at Edgewood should help with this important effort. Our traditional Christmas eve communion service will fall on Monday evening this year. We are again providing Christmas baskets for those with special needs and providing food for hungry people at home and abroad. Helping make others' Christmas better will surely make ours better also. Thank you for your caring for those in need; it shows Christ- like compassion and is Christianity in action.
Tomorrow's message is entitled, God's Formula for Stress Relief, and will focus on how God prescribes thanksgiving as a vital ingredient of the three-fold process. I hope to see you there.
Pastor Brown