Personal Connection

Dear Worshipers,

On Sunday, the new liturgical year begins with the first Sunday of Advent. The theme of our approach to Christmas this year is “Personal Connection”. During this season of anticipating our celebration of the coming of our Lord we will be utilizing a video to help us enter into this amazing story in a fresh, new way. This is the text of the narration.

From the beginning of time, they’ve said He was an observer watching as humanity went about its business. They’ve said He doesn’t care. They’ve even said He doesn’t exist. But when the time was right God got personally involved.
Christmas celebrates the event that forever changed humanity’s relationship with the Divine – the day God got personally involved in the form of a helpless baby. This Christmas we invite you to know the God of personal connection.

CTRL + Click here to view a preview of the video we will show through the Advent season culminating on Christmas Eve at our 8 p.m. service. [You will need an internet connection to do this.] We purchased this from a Christian media company called Midnight Oil, and the link takes you to their website where you will preview the streamed version, a much lower quality than what we will show in service, but you can get the idea. Their slogan is “Telling the Story in a New Light”. I believe that is exactly what they have done with this short piece.

You may ask why I am telling you about all these service details. It is because I want you to use this tool to make a personal connection with someone. You can copy the sentence above and paste it in an email. Your friend should be able to view the video. Invite them to the Christmas Eve service, with you. It is through these personal connections that people come to know the Lord. It is likely that your story of redemption has personal connections written all over it, and I do not mean only the personal connection to God through Jesus Christ.

We are also hoping to put the link on the home site of our webpage, so you could wait for that, and then direct people there using the handy “Worship With” cards available in the foyer. We are working to have a number of spots run on television featuring a personalized 30 second version of the video. The one I have linked is 56 seconds and not personalized.

If it seems like we are going through a lot of trouble to get this thing seen, that would be because we are. It is a powerful, and uplifting little piece that I believe the Lord will use in a number of lives this season. Will you help us get the word out? There is no other name worth sharing, no one better to introduce your friends and family to this Advent season than Jesus. Please take advantage of these opportunities.
In Christ, Pastor Scott