In Light and Darkness

This Week's Online Sunday School: Advent! In Darkness & Light

LOVE!

It's almost time!

But then what? After all of the fuzzy feels of Christmas are over, the gifts unwrapped, the candles lit and blown out, how do we keep our advent lessons meaningful throughout the whole year? I love the following poem to remind us what the Christmas story calls us to do:

The Work of Christmas

When the song of the angels is stilled,

When the star in the sky is gone,

When the kings and princes are home,

When the shepherds are back with their flock,

The work of Christmas begins:

To find the lost,

To heal the broken,

To feed the hungry,

To release the prisoner,

To rebuild the nations,

To bring peace among others,

To make music in the heart.

– Howard Thurman

Before you get started!!!

• Get your Advent Family Bag!

• Download the pdf: Week Four.pdf

Here is the link to Online Sunday School for this week:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnjacA15A9A

Christmas Eve Worship

Thursday, December 24, at 4pm, 7pm and 10pm

We know that everyone’s Christmas celebration will be a little different this year. So we're making sure different means meaningful and beautiful.

Because the church building remains closed during this phase of the pandemic, the Hennepin community will gather virtually to celebrate the hope and joy of Christmas.

Our worship leaders, joining you from their homes, will share prayers, poems, scripture and messages for the whole family. We’ll have all your favorite hymns and carols, candlelight and community as we celebrate the birth of Christ. You'll experience the comfort of the familiar, plus the joy of the new.

On Christmas Eve, we will be broadcasting this very special worship service at 4pm, 7pm and 10pm. Tune in on our website, Facebook page or YouTube channel. Once the service has broadcast the first time, you can watch it at any point on YouTube.

No matter where you are this Christmas, Hennepin is here for you!

Thank you For Your Generosity to the Angel Tree!

On Monday, we delivered gifts to 97 children, representing 33 families for distribution through Refugee Services. We cannot thank each of you enough for being such a Holiday Blessing to families that are new to our community.

Family Advent Fun!

Thanks to so many of you who reached out to let us know how much you are enjoying the Advent Season. We love seeing who attended the Advent Lighting Event, who's baking cookies and doing sticker art! Keep sharing your great photos - we love helping our families feel a little more connected!

ICYMI (In Case You Missed It!)

There are 4 ways to access Sunday School lessons and resources:

Hennepin Kids For LYFE newsletters
Subscribe to Hennepin's YouTube channel. There is a Sunday School playlist!
HAUMC's website at haumc.org/children
Lessons are posted weekly on HAUMC's Facebook page

For any questions regarding Children & Family Ministries,

please contact Lynne Carroll at lynne@haumc.org