Come, let us adore Him.

Dear Musicians of the Master,

Come, let us adore Him. That is my call for you to join us for the latest collaborative endeavor between our choir and orchestra, the Christmas musical of the same title. Please plan on attending the reading session this Friday with dinner preceding at 6:00 p.m in the Great Room. There is a unique twist on what we are doing this year. Come and be one of the first to find out what that is.

But the call reaches beyond participation in a Christmas musical, for that is just one of the many ways we will live the call together in the coming season. Begin thinking now of what you will do to be a blessing to others, particularly those that probably will not bless you. That is, who will you bless that you do not expect a blessing from in return?

Maybe it means spending some time at a nursing home during the season. Maybe it means volunteering in a soup kitchen or another helps oriented ministry. It could be a myriad of different service opportunities during the Christmas season. I want to encourage you to find a way to look someone in the eyes and wish them a “Merry Christmas”. It will require the sacrifice of some of those precious hours between the carving of the turkey on Thanksgiving and the gathering of the torn wrappings of presents on Christmas day, but it will be worth it. And it just my pay eternal dividends.

You see, though the one you bless, maybe the little or least among people, may not even be able to say thank you or commend you in any way, there is one who ultimately will. Jesus said, “Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me--you did it to me.” Matthew 25:40 (The Message) He says that because He cares for them to the point that incarnated, or become one of them, and we should too. When we care for them, we are adoring Him. Did you get that? When we care for them we are adoring Him. They are His creation, made in His image, marred as it may be by sin, and they are precious to Him.

So begin thinking now what you will do. If you do not plan it, it probably will not happen. Let’s make the expression of our adoration of the Christ this coming Christmas season dwarf the communication of a musical in all its grandeur. And may He be pleased as we live the call together.

In Christ,

Pastor Scott

Ministry Notes
♪ Reminder of the Christmas musical “ Dinner and a Musical” this Friday at 6:00. Chic-Fil-A and some Christmas cheer. Come one come all. Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 28 if you are planning on attending. Thanks to the many who have already responded.