By the time you read this, our Elder’s Breakfast should be history. Looking at the plans they have made for the morning, it should be a successful event. The purpose of the breakfast has been to establish and enhance the relationship of our elders with the congregation, first by serving the breakfast, and then by sharing insights into the view of the new year.

The snow actually came!! I’m sorry it came close enough to impact our having services. (Our thanks to the elders for deciding a service in the middle of the day was most prudent. That is never an easy decision.) I’m sorry that I missed the snow! It was 84 degrees in India and I was swatting mosquitoes.

Good News from Germantown! The year is already been launched - and there are so many good things to rejoice over.

2025? Here we are! Here we go! Our year began very appropriately. We had a devotional on Wednesday night with our elders leading us in a devotional time focusing on prayer, praise, thanksgiving, and request for blessing as we move forward as God’s family at Germantown. It couldn’t have been more appropriate as we launch into the new year.

2025? Bring it On! We have plans! We are blessed to be in the family of God and I’m glad we’ve had such a good Christmas together. I look forward to the upcoming New Year, come what may.

We wish you a very, merry Christmas! It comes down to the last bulletin before Christmas. We have had pleasant weather to this point. But winter is upon us and we are sure to have colder weather and I hope we have some snow along the way. Perhaps the reality will be like the description of a European city in which the weather was described as “Averages are just, well, averages.”

We wish you a Merry Christmas! We had a tremendous Holiday Dinner with a great meal attended by a very energetic and spirited group of people of all ages. We enjoyed the time together and were able to spend some time with people we love and watch as children received gifts and we all sang songs.

We end our year focused on Jesus! As we are enjoying this season of the year, we are bringing it to a close by focusing on the blessings of God through Jesus Christ. JP ignited our thoughts on the first Sunday in speaking of love. What a great topic!