Show Special Christmas USPS County Chronicle Progress December 24 1987 277 A Word for Christmas by The Reverend Warren T Fikejs Pastor Delta Community Presbyterian Church The word “Christmas” means Christ s Mass” or “Church festival of Christ” Christmas celebrates the anniversary of the birth of Christ It has been celebrated on December 25 since AD 354 Christmas is a religious ceremonial but also a holiday of festivities The celebration has a twofold significance: the religious commemorating the birth of Christ and the social or festive celebration It has been a holy day as well as a holiday from the time AD 597 when Pope Gregory sent Saint Augustine as the first missionary to England Pope Gregory decreed that wherever pagan practices were not in themselves evil they should be blended with those of Christianity What does Christmas mean to you? Christmas means that God loves us It is a time for renewal of faith and enlivened Christmas means hopes peace Christmas means that God is with us “Unto us a child is born unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor the Mighty God the Father the Prince of everlasting Peace” One of my favorite Christmas stories about the man who was sitting in his easy chair one Christmas Eve the snow falling heavily and his wife and family gone off to church He heard a noise at the front window when he checked it out he saw sparrows huddled on the window sill The bush where they had been sleeping had broken under the weight of the snow Feeling sorry for the birds he opened his garage door so they might find shelter But they didn’t move So he trick a path of tried the bread crumbs into the garage It didn’t work Then he got a broom to chase them into the lighted garage but they scattered into the dark He thought “If only I could talk to them tell them I want to help want to save them from the cold” He realized he couldn’t unless he became one of them Suddenly the church bells rang and he realized it was Christmas It came to him that this was what Christmas was all about He knelt in the snow and prayed “Thank you God for becoming one of us” This is the testimony given on every page of the New Testament “Since the children share flesh and blood He Himself likewise also partook of the is same” (Hebrews 2:14) “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14) “Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God” (1 John 4:2) Christmas is clearly less theology (the with study of God’s relationship more human beings) but mainly The Son is described as Christology the One “who for us and our salvation came down and took flesh and became man” had a word for The Greeks Christmas in fact they had three words for the incarnation: inexpressible ineffable conceivable means that God has Christmas to his people brought redemption Blessed be the Lord God for He has visited and redeemed His people Christ in God richly bless May you! and oh yes Merry Christmas! “A Christmas Message” The spirit of Christmas is a wonderful experience to behold Everyone seems to catch it and to make a special effort in passing it on to others There actually seems to be more love and understanding among our fellowmen during the Christmas Season than at any other time The children seem to show it most with merriment and a special love Their eyes aglow with excitement and a certain anxiety as they await Christmas morning They also seem to have a special understanding if not wisdom about Jesus the Christ child and the wonderful gift of His birth to the whole world There’s more much more to Christmas and cheer t Than It’s the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all the year It’s thoughtfulness and kindness It’s hope reborn again For peace for understanding And for goodwill to men! 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