This Sunday the sermon will come from Luke 1:39-45, where Elizabeth, we read, is filled with the Holy Spirit.  We'll take time to examine some of the marks of a Spirit-filled life, and how the incarnation of Jesus not only makes it possible but how by meditating on the incarnation we can more readily experience the filling of the Spirit.

It's the Christmas season, so we're singing Christmas hymns, including O Come, All Ye Faithful, Good Christian Men, Rejoice, and Charles Wesley's wonderful Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus, the second verse of which goes like this: "Born Thy people to deliver, Born a child, and yet a King; Born to reign in us forever, Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.  By Thine own eternal spirit rule in all our hearts alone; By Thine all sufficient merit, raise us to Thy glorious throne."

We'll also recite the Fighter Verses Sunday morning.  This week we are learning Psalm 19:10-11: "They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.  By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward."

Sunday night the church choir will perform their Christmas music program, A Love to Save the World.  They've worked hard for weeks getting this ready, the music is enjoyable to listen to and the lyrics are Christ-centered.  I'm thankful and excited to be able to sing with the choir, and hope you will come and enjoy the fruits of their labor.