PRAYER GATHERINGS ONLINE & IN PERSON Call the church office or email info@college-church. org for details on these prayer meetings.
From the Editor Wil Triggs Lessons Learned and Learning God’s story in Jesus bears repeating. Over and over. If you look for incarnation, it’s surprisingly simple to find his footsteps and fingerprints all over the Bible, the church, this issue of Connections and, hopefully, our lives.
Sunday Morning Prayer 8:15-8:40 a.m. in C101 Monday Morning Prayer 6:15-7:15 a.m. Board Room Wednesday Night Prayer (Fireside/Zoom) 7-8 p.m. Led by the Missions Office • December 1: Kevin Cox • December 8: Speaker TBD • December 15: Speaker TBD • December 22: Speaker TBD • December 29: Speaker TBD Friday Prayer for the Persecuted Church (Board Room) 12-1 p.m. Led by Wil and Lorraine Triggs. The weekly prayer guide is also available at our website: https://bit.ly/2ZkqQLA
Hannah Prayer Fellowship will not meet this month but will gather in the new year.
Dorcas Missions Prayer Fellowship meets on
Wednesday, December 15, at 1:30 p.m. in The Upper Deck at Covenant Living at Windsor Park, off of Rt. 64, west of Gary Ave., Carol Stream. Jeff and Margreet Dusek will tell about their work with Missionary Athletes International (soccer) and Twice is Nice (resale store). Men and women are welcome as members or as visitors.
Aaron-Hur Prayer Fellowship will not meet this month and will resume in the new year. Our Prayer Pulse email goes out every Monday. You can get prayer updates via that email. Sign up by clicking "Enews signup" on our website. If you already receive other emails from College Church, click "manage my preferences" at the bottom of any email and select Prayer Pulse to add yourself.
Mary and Joseph in Don Ryan’s painting right on the cover. So often images are of the night sky with one shining star above. Don’s painting bathes them in daylight. That Mediterranean climate in the painting gives a sense of the heat of a warmer place. Lessons and Carols and Santa. All in Susan Zimmerman’s article, she looks back to look ahead, not so much at the holiday itself but the God-Man of Christmas and attempts to honor and know and understand. Kathy Antoines 20-year journey with her small group inspires as she says goodbye to Belinda Duvel, one of the members of the group. Longing in a poem. Though not a theme of Christmas, the exploration of food and drink makes me think of the Incarnation. How Jesus in flesh filled stomachs and souls. Thank you, Bert Bunn. Looking back at dark and light. Thad McCauley considers the year we’re just finishing. He sees God’s good hand at work. May we all see that same hand as we look either back or ahead. It’s a good missions update, too. Best books. I so enjoy seeing what others have read and loved reading this year. We have the beginning of that list this month with more to come in January. There’s more, much more. So read this month’s issue and consider the wonder of Christmas again. It’s not a Christmas carol, but the words of this old hymn challenge me to consider and share with others the wonder of the Word made flesh. Sweetly echo the gospel call, Wonderful words of life; Offer pardon and peace to all, Wonderful words of life; Jesus, only Savior, Sanctify forever. Beautiful words, wonderful words, Wonderful words of life.
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