Let us begin

ByBarry 2021/01/032021/01/10

Happy New Year! Again!

One of the nice things about using the church calendar is getting two New Year celebrations. We had the beginning of the new liturgical year a few weeks ago and we are now into a new calendar year too.

I don’t tend to make resolutions, nothing wrong with them but if last January was any indication, we are fooling ourselves if we think we have a good handle on what any new year holds. So what do we do? We look forward in hope.

This Sunday’s sermon is about hope and it even begins in Jeremiah . . . go figure. Let me know what you think.

“Let us begin” Knox and St. Mark’s Presbyterian joint service (to download, right click and select “Save Link As . . .”)

Blessings,

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