GREETINGS
It is Christmas Eve!!! The presents are wrapped and under the tree,hopefully 🙂 with the glow of the Christmas tree lights shining off of the wrapping paper, the stockings bulging with stocking stuffers, and perhaps if you’re like me, regretting that last piece of pecan pie. The Christmas movie credits are rolling or the board game is winding down and you’re about to go to bed, looking forward to all that tomorrow will bring! The kids are asleep, anxiously waiting for tomorrow morning! Everyone’s in their Christmas pajamas and you’re perhaps sitting in the silence of this moment during the calm before the chaos :). This moment has always been one of my favorite moments of Christmas. That moment is now, Christmas Eve, when everything and everyone is calm, everything under the tree is still pretty and put together and the focus of the evening perhaps has been more about Christ’s birth. This is the moment I cherish the most, right now. Resting the the quite presence of our wonderful Lord and Savior knowing that He is with us because He came to us!
It has been wonderful to see all of the photos and everyone’s posts of Christmas Eve festivities. From Christmas Eve services of friends and family, to parties, and various family traditions celebrated. It is a wonderful time of year!!! The JOY is in the air. Christ is born and God is with us. EMMANUEL!!!! From our family to yours, Melanie, Timothy, Carson, Ashley, and I all wish you a very Merry Christmas!!! We count it a joy and true blessing to be serving the Lord at HCN. We love our church family so much and we appreciate all of the cards, gifts, and expressions of love from our congregation during this Christmas season. I could not be more blessed!
HCN VOLUNTEERS OF THE WEEK
This week’s HCN Volunteers of the Week is plural. This week, we honor and celebrate our Tuesday night Women’s Life Group. This past Sunday evening, this group led by Susy Sircy went down to Emmaus – which is a homeless ministry run by Nashville First Church who we partner with each month. They took gifts and candy to all of the children that were going to be there and spread the love and joy of Christmas to those kids and families in the name of Jesus. We want to celebrate those women this week who all deserve to be the HCN Volunteer of the Week. Thank you for taking the initiative to do this and make a difference for Christ.
As we head into this weekend, here is a special reminder!
This Sunday Worship – Family Worship 10:15 am – (No Sunday School)
There will be no Sunday School this Sunday. We will have a combined Family Worship Service at 10:15 am with our children (except pre-school) joining us for worship! We hope you will be able to join us as we celebrate Christmas and look ahead to the New Year as a church!!! We can’t wait to see you on Sunday!
I hope you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
I love you all so much!