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Howard Boswell on December 19th, 2009
Rejoice in the Glory of Christmas!
On Christmas Eve, Thursday, December 24, Kenmore Presbyterian Church will have two worship services.
- At 6:00 p.m. our worship will be a Service for the Child in Us All. This family friendly worship service includes the reading of the lessons appointed for Christmas, the singing of familiar carols, and the traditional Candlelighting Ceremony to conclude worship. Pastor Boswell will read the children’s book, Mortimer’s Christmas Manger by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman. Our children and youth choirs and ringers provide the music for this worship service.
- At 10:30 p.m. Diane M. Green will offer a recital of Christmas music on our historic Schlicker organ.
- At 11:00 p.m. our worship will be a Christmas Communion Service. While traditional in structure, this worship will include drama and dance, as well as music provided by our adult choir and ringers. It includes the reading of the lessons appointed for Christmas, the singing of familiar carols, and the traditional Candlelighting Ceremony to conclude worship. Pastor Boswell will preach another sermon in the Cracking the Christmas Code series, looking at the central symbol of Christmas Eve, “The Manger.”
Yet, Christmas does not end on December 25th! We have two more worship services during Christmastide, which lasts until Epiphany on January 6th!
- On the First Sunday after Christmas, December 27 at 10:00 a.m. we welcome Lindsey Phillips Williams to our pulpit. Lindsey is a candidate for the ministry of Word and Sacrament under the care of our congregation and the Presbytery of Western New York. Lindsey received her Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia and a Master of Science in Patient Counseling from Virginia Commonwealth University. In August, Lindsey married to Roy Williams and began work as the community food program coordinator for Quin Rivers, a nonprofit, regional community-action group based near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Lindsey will preach on “Joy to the World!”
- Worship begins in the New Year with the conclusion to Pastor Boswell’s Cracking the Christmas Code sermon series. On the Second Sunday after Christmas, January 3, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. we will use the lessons appointed for Epiphany of the Lord, which falls on January 6: Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72: 1-7, 10-14; Ephesians 3:1-12; and Matthew 2: 1-12. All of these texts speak of God’s glory, which God will reveal to all people. The symbol of this glory is the star and the characters who most represent God’s plan are the Magi, who visit the toddler Jesus and his mother with gifts. Join us this Sunday to celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, which reminds how people will come from north and south, east and west, and set at table in God’s kingdom.
Dear Pastor Boswell,
Please let the Stewardship Team know that I would like to get on board with a pledge committment. You wrote a beautiful letter describing the situation. It made me think of the sound of the middle “C” on the piano. I think it is because, I see so many wonderful great things happening at this church. Your sermons are excellent and so rewarding because they give us thoughts to take home and work on throughout the week. I really like what you and the Church Session have done to make the life of being a Christian so meaningful to each member. In addition, the Life After Church program is so fantastic. It gives us a BIG, Great Bonus of more knowledge and fellowship. I also wanted to add that the music program and children’s program are outstanding too. Any, family would be so pleased to see the outstanding work at this church and they would want to be here too. I am so glad to see that the members are participating in all age groups and they do so – so joyfully. I also think they do it with great Honor. Wow! Thank you!