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Pastor Leach
From the desk of Pastor Leroy Leach

February 2005
Letter from the Editor

Rich Peko
Newsletter Editor
Financial Secretary
The hustle and bustle of the season is over…the wrapping paper is balled up and ready for the garbage men. The Christmas carols have been shelved for another year. The brave folks have already returned that Elvis throw, or that pink polka dot tie. Live trees are, as you read this, being turned into mulch, and we are beginning to return to the hum-drum activities that make up most of our lives. The winter lockdown has begun, and the excitement of Christmas is behind us. But is that excitement behind us…for the gift giving and partying and the glitz and tinsel of what now passes as the Christmas season is not what Christmas is all about…Popular culture of a few years ago coined the phrase “Jesus is the reason for the season.” But for Christians it is more than just a throw away phrase…Jesus is the reason for the season…and all other 364 days of the year. The excitement of Christmas is seen on the faces and in the lives of all Christians. He’s the reason we cheerfully wake up on Sunday for a 9 AM service…He’s the reason we love, and laugh, and cry. He’s the reason we work so hard to hold this community that is the church together. Jesus is the reason we go out into the world cheerfully spreading the news of salvation. Jesus is the reason we live. As we move out of the Christmas season and toward the Easter season, remember Jesus is the reason for the season…for without Christmas, Easter is impossible, and without Easter, Christmas is just the birth of a little boy. Rich Peko
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