This first Sunday after Christmas, also known as Holy Family Sunday, we get a brief glimpse - the only glimpse we have in the gospels - of Jesus' life as a boy, and his relationship with his parents, and with God in Luke's gospel. We also learn, from the first chapter of John, that Jesus was the "true light," as we say together the Nicene creed , reaffirming our faith, and that although he was sent to his own people, he was not accepted by them, and the world did not know him. The Rev. Dr. Steve Griffiths tells us we can take the opportunity this Christmas, and every day, to welcome the Christ into our lives? What can we do to welcome Him? How must we be to welcome Him?
The Rev, Dr. Brett Patterson reflects on the passage about Hannah and Samuel, and Paul's letter to the Colossians offering incites about life after we welcome the Christ into our lives in "The Book of Life."
* Remember - Sunday School class is at 8:30 this Sunday and for the next six weeks of Epiphany.
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