Can you believe we’re already halfway through December? It’s almost Christmas! We’ve been walking through this month Celebrating Differently and this weekend we get to distribute gifts and meals to thousands in our community. I love that we are delivering so much more than food and presents, we are showing up in person and demonstrating the love, kindness and compassion of Jesus to others. We have parties for single parents, foster kids and our military at Camp Pendleton, just to name a few. What a great celebration of how God is using our church – using you – to make a difference this Christmas as we Celebrate Differently!

This weekend, we’ll continue walking through our Advent series, remembering and celebrating the promises we have in Jesus. Joy is the dominant emotion we are surrounded by at Christmas and we’ll unpack it together, discovering what it looks like to live immersed in Joy. How can we walk in Joy, not just as a temporary response to the circumstances in our lives, but a deep, profound joy that we can both receive and choose every day through the power of Jesus? Be praying about who you can invite to join us as we gather this weekend.

And, it’s not too early to start inviting your friends and family to join us for our Christmas services. Our community wants to go to church this season. People in our lives are desperate for the hope, peace, and joy we experience through Jesus and want to be invited to embrace this truth for themselves. I’m praying and believing that as God continues to place people on your heart… in your workplace… in your neighborhood… at your schools, that you would invite them to experience the profound and true meaning of Christmas that we have in Jesus.

Looking forward to seeing you all this weekend.

Peace,

Kyle