Advent – Page 3 – Jackson Community Church

TUE, DEC 14 – SUN, DEC 19

TUE, Dec 14 CLERGY LUNCH12:30pm • Zoom (private meeting)Local clergy convene for conversations, ecumenical event-planning, and peer support. Rev Gail attends. Community Event: CHAIR YOGA9:15am • Zoom.Pre-registration required. Register for the Zoom link. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvd-CpqD4sEtdFkuT2horCr6QrTMdCHnGD. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Classes resume, after this week, on 1/4/22. This class is […]

Advent Daily Devotional: WEEK of PEACE: DAY 12 -Thurs, Dec 9

Peace be within your walls. — Psalm 122:7 Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. — Isaiah 60:1 ______________________________________ The two Advent candles create more light together. The pair of lights suggest a relationship. Peaceful relationships involve communication, reciprocity, and cooperation. People connected in […]

Advent Daily Devotional: WEEK of PEACE: DAY 11 – Wed, Dec 8

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. — John 14:27 You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine […]

Advent Daily Devotional: WEEK of PEACE: DAY 10 -Tue, Dec 7

Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace—in peace because they trust in you. — Isaiah 26:3 Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,and your healing shall spring up quickly;your vindicator shall go before you, the glory of the Lordshall be your rear guard. — Isaiah 58:8 ______________________________________ When you light Advent candles […]

Advent Daily Devotional: WEEK of PEACE – Starts DAY 8 – Sun, Dec 5

The Peace of Wild Things — Wendell BarryWhen despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,I go and lie down where the wood drakerests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.I come into […]