The Youth & Family Ministry Update was inadvertently left out of the December Newsletter.
Please accept our apologies.
Youth & Family Ministry Update (December 2020)
by Audrey & Alex Lofland, Youth & Family Ministry Coordinators
A few years ago, I experienced a glimpse into the deeper meaning of Christmas. Each day in November my family would write down something we were thankful for and post a sticky note on the wall by our dinner table. Halfway through November, it hit me. We were about to have a whole lot of sticky notes, a whole lot of blessings. These blessings were counted, reflected on, and appreciated. Under this avalanche of thanksgiving, this onslaught of provision, I felt an urge. A wonderful urge, to share. To give. In that moment, everything made sense.
Even though Thanksgiving has passed, let us continue to count our blessings, name them one by one. Let the Lord bury us in thanksgiving that we finally poke our heads out of the top of the pile and find ourselves eager to share and give gifts of joy when Christmas arrives. Thankfulness reaps contentment. Contentment reaps joy. And joy wants to be shared with loved ones and strangers alike.
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Chances are your Christmas plans look different this year. We hope that you can find a way to be with those you love either in person or virtually. Thank goodness for technology that can link us together and allow us to connect with our community of friends and believers.
On that note, we invite the youth in your family (grades 6 – 12) to join our group. Digitally we are meeting through Zoom. Youth can find content for this discussion group in the Band App. This can be found in your App Store or Google Play*. The name of our group is simply “St. John Youth”. If you have any questions about this, please reach out to us. Lizzy White is leading this group monthly.
*The band app logo looks like this.
