Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 and Matthew 2:1-12

So another annual cycle of 12 months begins! And so God is still about bringing New Life in Christ where once was only a dead past. We all have some element about our past that chains us while we long to be set free for fresh new beginnings. The psalmist and Matthew tell us about the work of Kings….one worthy and the other not so worthy. And how God is for righteous leadership for the sake of others in need.

Angela Ford, from Lascassas UMC, will bring our message for January 5 in the “newest” of 2020. She is a Lay Speaker long involved in a ministry to troubled youth originally founded by her mother. As Angela has provided leadership in this community ministry she has sought ongoing training and is expecting to be recognized as a fully certified Lay Minister come this Annual Conference 2020.

We are grateful for her presence with us on Sunday and she will assist our Communion stewards as well as hold forth in the Word. Pray for her service as a Lay Speaker/Lay Minister as she follows where God leads her. Pray for one another as we each develop our spiritual gifts for the sake of one another in church and in the world as we enter the new world of 2020.

Pastor Barry