Merry Christmas

As Christmas nears, is your pace of living ramping up or slowing down?

This is our first “out of the building” Christmas season. And as a congregation we have worked really hard to support the needy in our community. We rightly celebrated exceeding our goal for Adopt-a-Family. We’re imagining some happy Christmases because of our efforts. We’re working on our quarterly donations to the community food banks. We’ve got ideas for our continuing support in the new year.

We’ve celebrated this Advent season “on the road.” To us this has meant four different locations and what amounted to a “Have wreath; will travel” Advent. Which meant bringing fresh greens and carrying the purple and pink candles with us as well as the songs and stories that helped us focus on the meaning of the season. Each location was blessed with a good spirit and the sense of sacred space.

But now we’re looking forward to a bit of a slow-down. After our carol service this week we’ll step back from planning and prepping and general “church work.” Our group is small and we’ve been intentional about pacing ourselves.

We wish everyone a Blessed Christmas season, whatever that might mean. For some it will be sad; may you find comfort in good memories. For some will be hectic; may you find genuine joy in your gatherings. For some it may be lonely; may you be comforted by the true Spirit of Christmas.

Merry Christmas from the Guelph Elora Community of Christ!