North East Disciples Advent Devotional
Back in the days of the dot matrix printer, Aunt Nancy organized the collecting of Christmas stories and recipes from those who gathered at 341 Greenwood Street, in the little home of Grandma Fern and Granddaddy James Lamport. Growing up, I got to visit 341 Greenwood several times a year. Gathering there on Christmas day, and staying for at least two nights was an unbreakable Christmas tradition. Missing that occasion would have been as sure a sign of the apocalypse as anything from last Sunday's Luke 21 reading. It has now been 25 years or more since I last spent a Christmas Night there. The cousins are scattered all over the country each with kids and new traditions of their own, just like Cheryl and me. What a treasure that little book of stories and recipes is.
This year, several folks from North East Georgia, with a connection to First Christian Church of Winder and Union Christan Church in Watkinsville, have contributed to this Advent Devotional. May the devotions and the names you find in here, both the familiar and the new be a blessing on your journey to Bethlehem with the Holy Family.
Grace and Peace,
Pastor Alan