Dillon Community Church

There are many different ideas about Advent and what it means to us as Christians. Perhaps we need TIME to reflect on how we can prepare our hearts and homes for Christ’s coming. Advent should be a season of joyful preparation, a season of great hope, a celebration of peace that only Jesus brings, a time to open our hearts in appreciation of God’s love for us in the gift of His son. These things help us center on the true spirit of Christmas. Focusing on what Advent really means can help us clear everything in our way that distracts us from Jesus’ coming past, present, and future!

Our Missions Committee recently took TIME to handwrite personal notes; words of hope, love, and encouragement, thanking each of the DCC-supported missions/missionaries for all they are doing to share the love and hope of Jesus around the world. One card (from The WORD of Christmas) offered reflections for the gift of TIME:

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“Somewhere in the flurry of the season, may we find

TIME TO DREAM About that Blessed Holy Night that changed the world…

TIME TO WONDER About the Awesomeness of the day He comes again…

TIME TO REMEMBER The truths He taught and everything he has done for us…

TIME TO GIVE THANKS WITH ALL OUR HEARTS

That GOD so loved the world… John 3:16”

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Wishing you the GIFT of TIME to share with HIM at CHRISTMAS and all through a Blessed New Year. AMEN

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Cindi McDonald
Elder & Missions Committee Chair