Sunday, December 17. Traditions online worship service.
As we have lots of opportunities to gather together this season with songs and sounds of joy, we recognize that Joy does not mean that we pretend that all is well when there are many for whom all is not well. Instead, we claim the deep reservoir from which joy can be drawn and experienced even in darker times.
As followers of Jesus, we claim the joy that sustains our life and presence that abides, even in the difficult moments. We deck the halls of our sanctuary, our homes, our hearts, and our lives with Joy so that we may continue to search out and celebrate the joys we find along the way of our journey in life, be they big or small, always to the glory of God.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-24
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11