Thank you for your interest in supporting Pender’s annual Hypothermia prevention center in conjunction with FACETS!
We need lots of people to help make this a success.
More about the Hypothermia Center
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From RevKev, Pender’s Associate Pastor – “As it was, so it is, Christmas about Jesus. We are all distracted by the glitz and festivities, but let us hear the sound of Angels and the call to worship our Newborn King. Just in time for Christmas, a gift from God to you: A baby in a manger who would love us through and through.
Just In Time For Christmas, the latest album release by JC Reigns. 100% of the sales from this CD go to Western Fairfax Christian Ministries to support their mission of providing life-essential support to those needing assistance.
CDs available for purchase at Pender UMC, Fairfax Va and the WFCM Thrift Store in Chantilly, Va. Visit www.jcreigns.org for more information and for a link to purchase digital copies.”
December 9, 2012: Joseph of Bethlehem: Journey of Trust – Matthew. 1:18-24
The Night Before Christmas says that the dreams were of “sugarplums that danced in their heads.” Don’t know about you but during the rush of Christmas my dreams are more nightmares and not sugarplums. For Joseph I think it was the same. Mary pregnant and it wasn’t his! His life over and dreams crushed! Now he is told “Don’t be afraid!” Trust is the word that Joseph had to learn so that there would be a Christmas.
I wonder do we TRUST that Christmas is love, peace and hope? Do we put our trust in the one who does the Impossible at Christmas? Let’s see how we can Trust Christmas!
Christmas Handbell Concert
Today, December 9, will be our Annual Christmas Handbell Concert.
Eight of Pender’s handbell choirs will ring Christmas music at the 8:15 and 11:00AM services.
Please join us for a program of Christmas favorites old and new.
Angels We Have Heard On High
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him Whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King. Chorus
See Him in a manger laid
Jesus Lord of heaven and earth;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
With us sing our Savior’s birth. Chorus
This is a traditional French carol (Les Anges dans nos Campagnes) that was translated into English by Bishop James Chadwick.
This carol commemorates the story of the birth of Jesus Christ found in the Gospel of Luke, in which shepherds outside Bethlehem encounter a multitude of angels singing and praising the newborn child.
In 2009, Andrea Bocelli and David Foster collaborated to produce a Christmas album with a number of other music legends. This is “Angels We Have Heard on High” with choir and orchestra.
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