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Newsletter of First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta
SUNDAY Schedule Sunday, December 30 • Prayer breakfast for Homeless persons - 6:30 am, Fifield Hall • Communion Service 8:15 am, Winship Chapel • No Sunday School • Worship Service - 10:15 am, Sanctuary • Fellowship Hour - 11:15 pm Reception Room • Youth Musical Rehearsal - 1-6 pm, Fifield Hall
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December 30, 2012 Christ at the Center
December 30, “This is the Way the World Ends”
The world didn’t end on December 21st. It won’t end on December 31st. Nor does December 30 Kevin Knab to preach it end on Good Friday, when we contemplate the death of Jesus and read about thunder claps and shaking earth. Yet, in an oversimplified definition of entropy, things typically do move from order to disorder and life to death. Batteries lose power, diapers get dirty, gas gauges plummet to empty, and friendships fade. Even if the world is not ending with a bang, it sometimes seems like the world is slowly slipping away from us. Our experience is a fight against entropy.
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Happy New Year! Am I bringing you good cheer?! The writer of Ecclesiastes has a firm grasp on the ups, downs, losses, and gains of this existence. He examines the ‘vanity’ and ‘chasing after wind’ of life that lead us to ‘eat, drink and be merry’ while we can. He acknowledges the reality of disorder. But he stares it in the face with humor and verve. Through the eyes of Ecclesiastes, alongside the depth of Christ’s Gospel, we can take the time to explore what it means to live in a world that seems to be moving toward disorder. It is my hope that we can firmly find our place in Jesus’ creative, life-affirming plans for love amidst the chaos. As we move away from worrying about how the world will end, we can participate in the ways the God’s world is still being born.
One Service only! S u n d ay D e ce mbe r 3 0 6:30 am - Prayer Breakfast for Homeless 8:30 am - Communion Service in Winship Chapel 9:00 am - No Sunday School 10:15 am - Worship Service in the Sanctuary 11:15 am - Fellowship Hour in the Reception Room
Faithfully Yours,
Kevin