“...listening, always listening for angel words.” “It Is Not Over” by Ann Weems
It is not over, this birthing. There are always newer skies into which God can throw stars. When we begin to think that we can predict the Advent of God, that we can box the Christ in a stable in Bethlehem, that’s just the time that God will be born in a place we can’t imagine and won’t believe. Those who wait for God watch with their hearts and not their eyes, listening always listening for angel words.
PASTOR’S NOTE
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Rev. Tayler Necoechea
e might be putting away our Christmas decorations and ringing in the New Year, but as poet Ann Weems declares, it is not over. This Epiphany season Princeton and Kingston UMC’s are meditating on holy curiosity. We will follow the Wise People to Bethlehem as they give into their curiosity– going after the light that leads them to Christ. Together we will reclaim a child-like sense of wonder as we lean into the invitation to slow down, listen, and notice. In my life, I hear God inviting me to experience God’s grace through the eyes of the children and youth of Princeton, Kingston, and Hopewell UMC. Our children are thirsty to experience God’s presence and church community. I have heard a number of parents tell me that it was their child who pleaded to come to church that morning, they didn’t want to miss out. I’ll admit that I don’t always share their same eagerness to jump out of bed on a Sunday morning, but their joyful and energetic attitude reminds me that we, the Church, are better together. {continued on page 3}