Why Come to Church this Sunday? December 18, 2011

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Attributed to Sandro Botticelli Sandro Botticelli (painter) Italian, 1446 - 1510 Madonna and Child with Angels, 1465/1470 oil and tempera on panel overall: 86.7 x 57.8 cm (34 1/8 x 22 3/4 in.) overall (with edge strips): 89.2 x 60 cm (35 1/8 x 23 5/8 in.) framed: 137.2 x 101.6 cm (54 x 40 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1943.4.47 On View

Why come to church this Sunday?

Is your life scattered these days? Do you know where to look for what is good, purposeful, and meaningful? Find some answers!

Come to Ascension Lutheran Church this Sunday. At the 8:00 a.m. Service of the Word we’ll talk about how God’s love is not just an idea but can become so real that it will change us, for the better! This is good news. If we are open, God will energize and love us and make you more loving and compassionate for a world in need! Leave refreshed and energized.

Or, stay for a time of contemplative prayer, at 9:15 a.m. We pray using the simple time-honored method of a word, or mantra, used to center our thoughts. (see http://www.wccm.org/ for more information, which includes fascinating information on meditation and children).

And/or come to Ascension for the 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion service, which includes a Christmas pageant. As in the Middle Ages, this pageant play, in which we relive the birth of Jesus, will have both adults and children who have lines and planned roles to play. But each of us has a part: All of us will participate emotionally and spiritually in the pageant of welcoming the Christ Child this Sunday.

The verse for this week from the Sunday scriptures to meditate on, learn from, and repeat often is:

“I have been with you wherever you went.” (2 Samuel 7:9)

See you in church!

Pr. Nancy