the The Newsletter for Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church
January 2017
A Resolution of Abundance for 2017
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New Years’ Day It’s a New Year, and with a new year often comes the Combined desire to live in new ways. We often call these desires Services at 9:00 resolutions. I’ve never been a fan of resolutions. I’m and 11:00 in sure my lack of excitement the Church about the idea of resolutions stems from the fact that I Church Offices can never keep them even Closed - New when I try. We certainly Years Holiday cannot deny that the idea of resolving to live differently has been all around us these Feast past few weeks, but I bet of that even now, resolutions that sounded so good a Lights few days ago have already gone by the wayside. So this year, rather than joining the throngs around us in untenable resolutions focused on our actions, what if we decided, as a Christian community, Youth to focus on changing our hearts? In the wake of Ministry another Christmas season come and gone, I hope we remember that a blessed life is one that celebrates Retreat abundance without attachment.
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Prayer Ministry Meeting with the Rector
It is easy to talk about blessings when we have the sense about us that we are blessed. When we look at our material world, the world in which we live and in which we have been trained to succeed, by any measure we are very comfortable. But if we aren’t intentional about how we live with our material wealth, with our abundance, we can begin to be attached to it. Or even worse, we can be controlled by it.
Christmas Offering Hits $45,930
Attachment can look like many different things. Some of us are attached to the security our abundance provides. Some of us are attached to the privilege and advantage our abundance affords. Many of us
The offerings from the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day worship services totaled $45,930. The money is divided equally between three outreach programs selected by the Mission Outreach Grants Committee.
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