Merry Christmas

What a great year at Horizons - we celebrated some victories on December 16 - our church had over 100 salvations in the church and through our outreach ministries - we finally broke ground on our new worship facility - we had over 80% of our members engaged in ministry - our church took or sponsored 3 missions trips -all great stuff and all of the glory goes to God.

Some of the other pastors at our church have been doing there top lists for Christmas - I'll give you the Pennington's top Christmas movie - It's a Wonderful Life - it's the story of how one man impacts his whole community - of course, for believers we know that Jesus Christ has come and He's coming again (btw -if you haven't yet purchased the new Crowder CD -Remedy - why not? - Great songs - my favs are Remedy, Surely We Can Change and Oh, The Glory of it All) and He has brought change to all of us - and no matter what your life looks like right now - God Loves you and He has given you and me the best gift.

I just have to pause and give some credit to some amazing people- all of the volunteers at our church - thanks for all of the hard work for the cause of Christ - hundreds of people who each month serve - and you do a great job!

I pray that you have a wonderful Christmas.

Talk at you soon

Rich

Surely We Can Change

Thanks to all of you who read this post and prayed for the Life Swap series. I appreciate your prayers. And thanks to all for your feedback about the series - now let's all focus on how we can better understand and love each other according to God's word- let's focus on others and not just be interested in our own lives. You can make some positive strides over the next couple of weeks - pray that you will take a pause and think about another persons needs - what's important to them.

If you want to listen to any of the messages - please visit our website - horizonschurch.com

Also - if you are looking for a good, quick and positive read - read The Christmas Jars - it will inspire you - I do think the end is a little contrived but overall a nice read.

Random thoughts - it was nice to see the Redskins finally get a win - and now for optimist Rich - if they win their remaining three games they can still make the playoffs.

Please pray for Paula as she recently broke her pinky finger.

TV - Heroes -done. Survivor - done this week - other shows - lost interest, writers strike
Could somebody please beat the Patriots -the new team we all love to hate.

Yeah - it's Christmastime - remember to take a moment each day and reflect on why you celebrate.

Talk at you soon.

Rich