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DECEMBER 31, 2025              
 
LIVING WITHOUT CHRIST
 
Dear Snyder's Church Family and Friends,
 
This coming Sunday we welcome the Magi to the visit of the Christ child in Bethlehem. We shall read St. Matthew 2: 1 - 12
and the sermon title is "After Jesus Was Born!"
We shall sing "It Is Well With My Soul" verse 1 and chorus two times; "Amazing Grace"; and "Victory In Jesus" along with other music selected for the service.
Jeff will lead the Children's Moment, and we will conclude our Service with Holy Communion.
The hymns that we are singing in January are the favorite ones of Darryl Graham that he selected several months ago and we are singing them to the Praise of the Lord and in Darryl's honor.
 
Fred Craddock once told a parable about a man who moved into a cottage equipped with a stove and simple furnishings. As the sharp edge of winter cut across the landscape, the cottage grew cold as did its occupant. He went out back and pulled a few boards off the house to kindle the fire. The fire was warm, but the house seemed as cold as before. More boards came off for a larger fire to warm the now even colder house, which is turn required an even larger fire, demanding more boards. In a few days the man cursed the weather, cursed the house, cursed the stove, and moved away.
 
The futility that the man felt is the futility of those who try to live the Christian life without Christ. He is the Word that was in the beginning with God and was God. And He is alive today. To those of us who are drowning he is someone we can hold on to. He is someone who can set our feet on dry ground again in this New Year.
 
Snyder's Church is here to help you know the warmth and love of a caring Jesus and we invite you to be part of our fellowship.
May you truly be blessed today and may you truly be a blessing to others.
Happy New Year and here's hoping we can greet you in Church this Sunday morning. 
Pastor Bill