We recommended a cost-of-living increase in their compensation, as well as a merit increase, if our 2022 budget permits that to happen. After doing this, Council made a motion to applaud the continuing excellent work of all employees, especially with the ongoing difficulties of the pandemic. We went in to Executive Session for over an hour for the annual review of everyone on the church staff. We approved the job descriptions for the Building Manager position and for the newly created Music Administrator position. We had a short discussion of the columbarium project, which is going to be voted on this month. After some discussion, Council approved setting the goal at $450,000 for this campaign. Katy Smith Abbot explained that we needed to adjust the goal for the Retire the Debt Campaign that we are starting. We listened to reports from the Treasurer, from Pastor Andy, and from the Chairs of our Church Boards. There were sixteen church members present for this meeting. God bless your four-candle journey and your Christmas joy.
The process of preparation is the heart of the celebration. Waiting for a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. Waiting for peace to make its home in Jerusalem.
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Our sacred stories are full of people waiting for such graces. And to make Christ known to others by our living.Īdvent preparations-it’s how we wait. And to make more room for wonder in our lives. And to watch for embodiments of love in the land of the living. To prepare the way of the Lord is to expect the miracle of incarnation. “Prepare the way” is such a common Advent refrain that it can be hard to hear its extraordinary claim: we are invited to participate in the arrival of Christ.
We hear the urgent cry-Prepare the way of the Lord-more often during Advent than at any other time of the year. The ragtag bunch of Jesus’ followers show it on Palm Sunday. I love the season of Advent for its reminder that preparation is a key to the spiritual life.
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