Weekly Announcements for the 1st Sunday of Christmas

FIRST SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS
12-28-2025
Christmas, the shortest season of the Church’s “liturgical year”, begins on the first stroke after
midnight on December 25 and ends twelve days later, at midnight on January 5, Epiphany Eve. This
season celebrates the birth of Jesus – born in the company of animals and angels, shepherds and kings,
the young and the old, the wise and the foolish, the humble and the hateful. Christmas is not only a time
when we celebrate the amazing announcement that GOD BECAME A HUMAN. It should also be a time
when we remember that he arrived into an unfriendly world, destined and determined to be a friend to
the entire world. JESUS WAS BORN TO GIVE US NEW LIFE, BORN TO DELIVER US FROM
GRAVE AND FROM HELL. To the miracle of his birth and the mystery of his undeserved suffering –
even death on a cross – Jesus has brought the deeper mystery of unmerited love and the miracle of our
new birth.

THANK YOU, Christian Hicks, for preaching the Word of life this morning!

ThiS week At st. peTer’s

Wednesday, 9:30AM Senior Ministry “Sister Talk” study and discussion. Men are also invited.
Wednesday, 10:30AM Whole Foods fresh produce distribution in Rhoda Hall to the community.
Thursday, January 1 NEW YEAR’S DAY!
Thursday, 7:30PM AL-ANON STEP GROUP? Find and share support to overcome codependence!
Friday, 8:30AM Senior Food Box distribution?
Friday, 6:30PM Girl Scouts troops?

What’s Happening…

January 4… SECOND SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS. Worship in person and online,
10:00AM.
January 11… ST. PETER’S VITALITY SURVEY ends!
Please help us reflect and plan as a congregation with a “30 questions” survey

on paper or online.
Christmas Poinsettias 2025
giving silent, vibrant, star-shaped praise to the Christ Child!

1 red poinsettia given in memory of Virginia Williams by Marie Bailey.
1 pink poinsettia given in memory of Donald and Edith Bond, parents, by Pastors Neil and Gwen. *
1 red poinsettia given in memory of Travist and Emma Johnson, parents, and Kenneth Johnson, brother,

by Pastors Gwen and Neil.

1 pink poinsettia given in memory of Fannie and William Thompson, my grandparents, by Veronica Britto. *
1 red poinsettia given in celebration of family love by Armia Dennis.
1 red poinsettia given in memory of an America and of Americans as we once knew them, by Armia Dennis.
1 red poinsettia given in memory of Kenneth Johnson, my brother, by Darlene Johnson.
1 red poinsettia given in memory of Emma Johnson, my mother, by Darlene Johnson.
1 red poinsettia given in memory of Emma Johnson by the Johnson Family. *
1 red poinsettia given in memory of Kenneth Johnson by the Johnson Family.
1 red poinsettia given in memory of Jacqueline B. Henderson by Eric and Janice Henderson.
1 pink poinsettia given in memory of Johnsie E. Sippio by Janice and Eric Henderson.
1 red poinsettia given in memory of Theodore and Hattie Outlaw by Diana Hillsman.
1 red and 1 pink poinsettia given in memory of Brenda Jones by Diane Hughes. *
1 red poinsettia given in memory of Alvin and Helen Rouse, father and mother, by Beverly E. Morris.
1 red poinsettia given in memory of Linda B. Richardson, my sister, by Beverly E. Morris.
1 red poinsettia given in memory of Wayne Rouse, my brother, by Beverly E. Morris.
1 red poinsettia given in honor of Mrs. Frances P. Maddox by Tanka K. Morris.
1 red poinsettia given in honor of Robert and Beverly Morris, my parents, by Tanya K. Morris.
1 red poinsettia given in memory of Mrs. Katherine Nelson by Queen Sutton.
1 red and 1 pink poinsettia given in memory of Fatimah Valentine by Ida Swindle. *
1 pink poinsettia given in memory of Grandmom Alma Morris by Tomika Washington.
1 pink poinsettia given in memory of Grandmom Helen Rouse by Tomika Washington.
1 pink poinsettia given in memory of my grandparents, Fannie and William Thompson, by Katrina Whittaker.*
1 red poinsettia given in memory of my mother, Karen Brown, by Katrina Whitaker.

* Apologies to several who asked for white poinsettias. They were gone by the time Pastor Neil
submitted the order to the florist. They were replaced by pink plants.