By Ellis White, Senior Pastor In the UK, Boxing Day, December 26, is a public holiday that follows Christmas Day. Traditionally, it’s a slower day: a pause after the celebration, marked by rest, long walks, and time with family. For me, it has always felt like a hinge moment—Christmas behind us, a new year quietly […]
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
By Ellis White, Senior Pastor There’s a reason we keep coming back to the story behind the songs at Christmas. These carols aren’t sentimental leftovers from another era. They are testimonies. They were written because something happened. Something that could not stay quiet. One of the clearest examples is “Go, Tell It on the Mountain”. […]
Looking at Jesus, Looking at Each Other
By Cara Taylor, Director of Outreach Last Sunday I was surprised by grief mixed with joy. Many of you stepped up to my husband and me to receive communion. Person after person, I looked into your faces and gave you a piece of bread and said, “The body of Christ, broken for you.” Waves of […]
Let the Carols Lead Us to Christ
By Jesse Yi-Gray, Director of Music Going into my first Christmas season as a married man, I knew there was one conversation my wife and I needed to have that wasn’t covered in our pre-marital counseling. Whispers of Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé, advertisements for Starbucks seasonal drinks, December worship planning meetings getting added to my calendar all […]