St. Luke’s Westheimer Campus now offers both an Induction Loop and an FM assisted hearing system in the Sanctuary and in the Parlor.
Two Sections, Section A • 076510 • Vol. 157 • No. 30 • November 26, 2010
in this issue
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It’s a Wonderful Life
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Annual Christmas Festival
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All Church Christmas Lunch
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In 1979, the Houston Chronicle ran an article with the story of Roy Alvarez, Jr. When he was 10 years old, he was swept away in a riptide at Rollover Pass on the Bolivar Don’t Forget peninsula. The Apparently, an unknown man came into the water and Note pulled Roy to safety. Roy’s mother was overcome with emotion, watching this event. Apparently, the stranger disappeared, and she never learned his name. Mrs. Alvarez called the Chronicle to ask them to please publish the article, because “she never had the chance to say thank you.”
Thank You
Jesus tells the story of the 10 lepers who were healed, with only one of them returning to say thank you. Perhaps the others were simply so overcome with emotion, so focused on their transformation that they forgot to focus on the source of that transformation. They forgot the thank you note. In our human relationships, gratitude is life changing, and too often forgotten. In our relationship with God, gratitude is the very core of our response to God’s love. It is the motivation for all that we do. I think God likes thank you notes, too. I will write him one this very morning.
During the Advent season at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, our theme is And Heaven and Nature Sing. We will spend time singing great carols and we will look at those carols to understand the real truth of the Christmas message, that God loves us enough to make a personal and permanent appearance in your life and mine. Christmas is a time for singing. Will you come and sing with us?
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