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Gather your loved ones and join us for Christmas Sunday! Christmas Sunday December 20, 2020 “The First Nowell” “O Come, All Ye Faithful” “There’s Something About That Name” ADVENT OF PEACE “What Child is This” “One Day” Ministry in Music: Kristen Gast “Welcome to Our World”
Mending Christmas Have Yourself a MARY Christmas
December 20, 2020
2820 N. Pleasant View Drive Prescott Valley, AZ 86314 928-772-7218 fsbcpv@firstsouthernpv.org www.firstsouthernpv.org Senior Pastor Terrell Eldreth: 928-277-4769 Cell: 619-244-6265 PastorTerrell@firstsouthernpv.org Executive Pastor Ken Kopal: 602-738-0532 PastorKen@firstsouthernpv.org Worship Pastor Bart Young 928-254-8713 PastorBart@firstsouthernpv.org TO RECEIVE OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER THROUGH YOUR EMAIL SIMPLY MARK THE FRONT OF YOUR CONNECTION CARD. THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO RECEIVE CURRENT INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. To be removed from future mailings, please reply to this email and type “unsubscribe” in the Subject line.
Luke 1:28-45 “Jesus is the Song” Offerings and Connection Cards will be collected in the Offering Boxes located just inside the two main entrances into our Worship Center.
with Pastor Terrell
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IF YOU NEED HELP OR ASSISTANCE Deacon of the Week: Mike Wagar 757-604-2265
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” ~ Luke 2:14 ~ Are you having a tough time finding peace in your life or in our world this Christmas? If so, you are certainly not alone. In 1864, one of America’s famous poets, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, wrote the poem which became the well-known carol, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. If you listen to the words of this song, you may wonder, “Why does he suddenly shift from joy at hearing the Christmas bells into such deep despair?” I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men! And in despair I bowed my head: “There is no peace on earth,” I said, “For hate is strong, and mocks the song Of peace on earth, good will to men!” The question is clearly answered when we see two verses of the original that are not included in our hymnal. In these verses, Longfellow speaks of the horrors of the American Civil War that was tearing the country apart. In fact, his son had been seriously wounded in that conflict not long before he wrote the song. (The death of Longfellow’s wife two years earlier may have contributed to his mood too.) continued