As we move toward Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, we are also moving toward a new year. The beginning of a new year means new calendars and remembering to change the year in our check-writing, etc. But, it also gives us a chance to reflect a bit and plan a bit.
For me, the past year has been wondrously busy and full and it has been touched with precious memories of many things. I am grateful for so much of our church life marked by special worship services, Feed My Starving Children, new ideas, new faces and especially having most of a year to work with Manda on our team.
Personally, there have been wonderful books and movies, times with Avary and with friends, my continuing education week at Cape Cod and more. There have also been times of loss and disappointment. And, I would suspect this is true for all of us - another year of ups and downs and for some of you, serious and sad downs. And, through it all, God has blessed us with the gift of others, family, friends, church members, neighbors.....
Whatever the year, whatever course it has taken, we can all be thankful for those we love and who have loved us. And so we turn ourselves to the new year ahead, thinking of the things we plan and hope for and perhaps, even some of the things we might dread, but underneath it all are the possibilities of loving and caring and hope.
So, I wish you all a whole lot of loving this year as we work together to share the love God offers us every day of every year!
New Year's Blessings to you all, Laura Lee
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