Haven't posted since Black Friday, guess I've had a few things going on since then.... We're getting ready for our Christmas Worship Gathering, happening on Sunday, December 18th, 6 pm, at our new location: 1650 Sycamore Avenue in Bohemia. If you check out the Facebook Page for the event you can get a really coool map, but here is a Google Map for your convenience here:
It's going to be a really interactive event, not so much as a live nativity, but everyone will have a part to play. Should be fun.
Tomorrow, (12/4), our Community Group is going to have dinner together, then go in New York for the Christmas Spectacular. Not at Radio City, though, but at The Salvation Army's Centennial Memorial Temple. The Salvation Army has a fabulous program all set for Sunday at 5:25 PM. There's still room, and you don't need tickets for the event. Here's a link: http://tinyurl.com/christmasspectaular
Then we go into the heart of the Christmas activity: Picking up, packing and delivering toys, delivering gifts to local nursing homes, picking up and delivering food to senior centers, all kinds of stuff. If you can carve out a moment or two to volunteer, it would be a great help. Just email us at theconnectionlongisland@gmail.com to get more information about what and when.
In the middle of all the hustle and bustle, it can be easily forgotten that the reason for the season is Jesus. That night, that Silent Night, that inauspicious night, was a night that changed the world forever. That night, that One Solitary Life, came into the world to bring a redemption no one else could deliver, Christ the Lord. During the entire birth narrative of Jesus, there is one reaction that stands out - Mary, pondering and treasuring in her heart the happenings surrounding this blessed event.
I hope you will have time to ponder and treasure the mystery of the Incarnation. Many blessings!
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