A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM REV ANNE

A Christmas message from Rev Anne Christmas is such a special time of year but it’s also a difficult time for many. This year we have the added stress of wondering what we should or should not do, due to the ongoing pandemic. Our Christmas festival is part of our own faith story, however, and we recall the prophet Isaiah foretold the birth of Immanuel, which means, literally translated, God with us. Here is our perfect gift, this child, God made man. He comes to us in the messiness of human life. He is born in a stable, full of mess and noise, a far cry from our traditional image of sweet little nativity plays which are seen in Nativity plays up and down the country, ...