Grace Notes
Friday Devotional:
Isaiah 9:2-7

Do you know what your name means? My name, Tara is Gaelic for "rocky pinnacle." There is power in knowing the meaning of our names. Jesus is born into the world with many important names:
He is Emmanuel, "God with us." He is the Messiah, "the anointed one." He is God's Son, sent into the world for all of us.
In today's Isaiah reading, which Christmas have long heard as testimony to the coming of Christ, we hear still more names describing Jesus' all-important roles in this world. He is "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace"(v.6) He comes with God's authority to bring about peace in a broken world. Jesus comes to flip the world upside down-or, indeed, right side up-through God's love.
Tonight we celebrate Jesus' birth in a stable to parents of low status, a reminder that God often uses the ordinary to do extraordinary things. The name Jesus was itself ordinary in those days, but it carries this extraordinary meaning: "God saves."
Thank you, O God, for love beyond measure in the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

An excerpt from Christ in our Home
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† Medical: Patty Kline will have surgery December 29; Carl Tenbus; Tami Cobb, Tina Cobb (Gail Tenbus’s daughters); Scott Godwin; Julie Jensen's friends Dean Rich (cancer returned) and his wife Vita Franco; Health and strength for David; Jan Ludwig; Braley and family as she waits for a heart transplant; Lupe Dean; Karin Switzler recovering from surgery (Scott's Mom) recovering from injury; Jose Muñez fell out of a tree and broke his hip (Donna's brother-in-law); Lorie recovering from hip surgery (request from a friend of Pastor Nancy); Mary Ellen Lefler surgery; and those who continue to suffer from Covid;


 
† For all suffering from the devastating tornadoes that struck Kentucky and surrounding states. Our Christmas Eve offering will be sent to Lutheran Disaster Response as our way of helping with the recovery.
 
† Nation and World: that our leaders, local and national, work together for the good of all people and for the care of creation and the climate.
 
† Our congregation and surrounding community; safe travel for those visiting family and friends this weekend; our preschool students and families as they prepare for Christmas.


†We are re-starting our prayer list each quarter. This helps us to remove prayer concerns that are no longer needed.
If you want to add a name to our prayer list, please contact the church office or
Pastor Nancy

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