Definition of Christmas

From the infamous Wikipedia…enjoy and Merry Christmas, Gary Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. The date of the celebration is traditional, and is not considered to be his actual date of birth. Christmas festivities often combine the commemoration of Jesus’ birth with various secular customs, many of which have been [...]

Christmas choral program

Since you’ll probably want to get your tailgate tents out and set up on the church lawn so you can get a sanctuary seat, please be advised that the First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir’s Christmas program is scheduled for Dec. 9. This year’s program — as is usually the case with the Divine Miss [...]

The Christmas Cycle

Christmas doesn’t date back as far as Easter does in the Christian Year.  The Epistles, which are generally viewed as pre-dating other parts of the New Testament, make little mention of the birth of Jesus, but focus instead on the central mystery of our faith — his death and resurrection.  The earliest of the Gospels, [...]