Hey everybody!
I hope you all had a beautiful Christmas season and are full of hope for this new year! 2020 had some bumps in it, and we still have challenges to face in 2021, but let's face them with open minds, grateful hearts, and renewed hope!
With that...welcome to January and a new Corporal Work of Mercy theme: Visit the Imprisoned! As always, click on the image below to open this weekend's lesson!
MLK Day of Reflection and Service
While we can't meet in person, we will still be sending out a virtual MLK Day experience that you can use at home with your family! So be sure to look for that in next week's email!
A Prayer for All of Us
Dear God,
Help us to remember that You still reign; You alone are God.
Help us to put aside our own feelings – jumbled and confused as they may be at the moment – in service of others, our families and friends and neighbors – here and around the world.
Help us remember that You call us to be agents of forgiveness and reconciliation, love and peace, healing and hope in a world made dark by fear and hatred and brokenness.
Help us to mend the division in our nation by seeking out Your image in the face of others.
Help us to remember that "perfect love casts out fear." Help us perfect our love and to cling to Your perfect love.
May we find the courage to live into what is written on every piece of currency in this nation: In God we Trust. In God. We Trust.
For only in You can we live in safety. Only in You will we find justice. Only in You will we know the peace that passes all human understanding.
Amen.
Have a great weekend!
