<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp55e9041eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Dear friends,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">This Sunday coming is the 4th and last Sunday of Advent for this year. The program of songs and responses is attached.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The Gospel for Sunday is from Matthew. It is the account of Joseph being visited by an angel who assures him he should take Mary as his wife. The ending of this Gospel passage always amuses me a bit: "When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the Angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife." He just got up from sleep and married Mary. It seems that in the real world there would have been a number of things in the sequence of events that are missing from this rendition of the story. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">We will gather again on December 24th, Christmas Eve, to celebrate the birth of Jesus.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Best wishes to all!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Brian</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp55e9041esignature"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><b><i><font color="#4c76a2">Brian Halferty</font></i></b></div></div></div></div></body></html>