Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Isn’t the Advent season a blur?! Wait, its only September, almost October, and the last time I checked Advent wasn’t until the few weeks leading up to my favorite time of year, Christmas. So, I ask you this, what on earth am I doing talking about Advent NOW? Well, there has been a tradition in my family for years, on October 24th, my mother’s birthday, it was always a rule that the Christmas records came out of the closet, and sweet songs began to fill the air. Now, imagine if you would being 10 years old, out trick-or-treating, and stopping by my house to grab a quick treat, a warm place to sit, and often, a look into my mothers very WEIRD tradition. There on the table sat the pumpkins, and the candy, nothing out of the ordinary. But, instead of the "goulish" sounds of clanking chains and haunting ghosts, you hear the Muppets Twelve days of Christmas" playing in the background. It happened EVERY YEAR! Just when I thought I could sneak out of the house with out my friends having to bear witness to the horror that was MY Halloween, there she was. My mother, dressed in a Santa hat, peaking around the corner to chime in with a festive "Five Golden Rings.. BA DUM BUM BUM! (It was really more devastating then it sounds.) There was a hidden joy behind it though, in my house the Christmas season wasn’t something we shared one day a year, it was a time of year where we stopped to reflect over the joys of Christmas, the sprit of advent, the great coming of our Lord Jesus. So I say this to you now, as I shed light on the point of my story. Christmas is coming, it’s a time I think we all need to slow down and take a little more time to prepare for.
In the third Chapter of Luke it says.4As is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "A voice of one calling in the desert, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.
We should all be doing this NOW, not just because the season nears. The path of the Lord should be with in our own hearts each day. As we, the Choir, rehearse each Wednesday at 7:30, we hope to make straight the way of the Lord our God through song. We invite you, the congregation, to join us each Wednesday for rehearsal, if you are not so inclined, we invite you to not only hear our message in song, but listen to it, absorb yourself in it. For in our words, is Gods message to each of you. Prepare your hearts for the songs of Advent, make ready your hearts for the coming of the Christ Child, and make ready your ears for the message of the Gospel in song. I invite you, the choir invites you, as we unite as one church family, prepare the way of the Lord to come in to your hearts this season.
I wish you all the "Merriest" of days ahead.
Yours in the Songs of Christ,
Lynn Hase
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In the third Chapter of Luke it says.4As is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "A voice of one calling in the desert, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.
We should all be doing this NOW, not just because the season nears. The path of the Lord should be with in our own hearts each day. As we, the Choir, rehearse each Wednesday at 7:30, we hope to make straight the way of the Lord our God through song. We invite you, the congregation, to join us each Wednesday for rehearsal, if you are not so inclined, we invite you to not only hear our message in song, but listen to it, absorb yourself in it. For in our words, is Gods message to each of you. Prepare your hearts for the songs of Advent, make ready your hearts for the coming of the Christ Child, and make ready your ears for the message of the Gospel in song. I invite you, the choir invites you, as we unite as one church family, prepare the way of the Lord to come in to your hearts this season.
I wish you all the "Merriest" of days ahead.
Yours in the Songs of Christ,
Lynn Hase
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