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Note: Recent sermons by Rev. Robert Foltz-Morrison are available here February 2011 Frances Whitmarsh Wile was approached by her pastor, Dr. Gannett, and Dr. Hosmer who knew of her poetic ability, to write a hymn about the “spiritual values of winter” for inclusion in a hymnbook in 1911. These are some of the lines she composed: All beautiful the march of days, as seasons come and go; The hand that shaped the rose hath wrought the crystal of the snow… O’er white expanses sparkling the radiant morns unfold, The solemn splendors of the night burn brighter through the cold; Life mounts in every throbbing vein, love deepens round the hearth, And clearer sounds the angel hymn, “Good will to all on earth.” (Presbyterian Hymnal #292) This winter has provided many opportunities to see “the crystal of the snow,” sometimes changing the daily routines we keep in warmer seasons—as time to sit and reflect on God’s blessings; time to ponder amid the struggles and hardships how the angelic hymn at Christ’s birth, “Good will to all on earth,” advances. Politically, we pray our national leaders will become more civil and seek good will to all and not ratchet up divisive and partisan rhetoric, especially after a member of Congress was shot in January. Such civility and the seeking of good will begin with us and in our own congregation. With whom will it begin, where will it begin, if not with us? Even in the bleak midwinter Christ comes to us. We are in a season of changes. Our Christian calendar moves into “ordinary time” between Christmas and Lent (March 9). Our church calendar moves us toward the Annual Meeting of the Congregation (February 6) when we review where we have come as a congregation in 2010 and who you will elect as new church officers to lead us through the year before us. A Designated Pastor Nominating Committee also will be elected by you, the members of the congregation, to bring a new pastor here. My season of serving you as an Interim Pastor ends March 31, 2011. Remain faithful to God who has generated within you a new vision and ministry priorities to pursue as a congregation. Do not become anxious amid this pastoral season of change, but prayerful and enthusiastic for this is the work of God’s Spirit among you to realize the hope to which you are called in Jesus Christ
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