Pastor Weekly - 12/17/25
Hello ICC Family!
I hope you are having a wonderful week as you continue to celebrate Advent here in 2025. Let me once again say thanks to everyone who helped with last Sunday’s Candlelight service, especially Sisters Joy, Alice, and Marilyn. So many people contributed, especially in helping with clean-up, but those ladies took on the bulk of the planning and preparation.
We have one more Sunday in Advent on the 21st. That will be a normal ICC worship service at the church. Then we will have a quiet, Scripture-centered Christmas Eve service one week from tonight, the 24th. Please join us for that special time.
Starting at midnight tonight is our final Pray for Charleston 3rd Thursday of the year. Please see below for a link to this month’s prayer requests.
The devotional today is an excerpt from one of my favorite Christmas books…
“Look up, you whose gaze is fixed on this earth, who are spellbound by the little events and changes on the face of the earth. Look up to these words, you who have turned away from heaven disappointed. Look up, you whose eyes are heavy with tears and who are heavy and who are crying over the fact that the earth has gracelessly torn us away. Look up, you who, burdened with guilt, cannot lift your eyes. Look up, your redemption is drawing near. something different from what you see daily will happen. Just be aware, be watchful, wait just another short moment. Wait and something quite new will break over you: God will come.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God Is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas
Blessings to you all!
And know that I am praying for you!
Pastor Aaron
I hope you are having a wonderful week as you continue to celebrate Advent here in 2025. Let me once again say thanks to everyone who helped with last Sunday’s Candlelight service, especially Sisters Joy, Alice, and Marilyn. So many people contributed, especially in helping with clean-up, but those ladies took on the bulk of the planning and preparation.
We have one more Sunday in Advent on the 21st. That will be a normal ICC worship service at the church. Then we will have a quiet, Scripture-centered Christmas Eve service one week from tonight, the 24th. Please join us for that special time.
Starting at midnight tonight is our final Pray for Charleston 3rd Thursday of the year. Please see below for a link to this month’s prayer requests.
The devotional today is an excerpt from one of my favorite Christmas books…
“Look up, you whose gaze is fixed on this earth, who are spellbound by the little events and changes on the face of the earth. Look up to these words, you who have turned away from heaven disappointed. Look up, you whose eyes are heavy with tears and who are heavy and who are crying over the fact that the earth has gracelessly torn us away. Look up, you who, burdened with guilt, cannot lift your eyes. Look up, your redemption is drawing near. something different from what you see daily will happen. Just be aware, be watchful, wait just another short moment. Wait and something quite new will break over you: God will come.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God Is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas
Blessings to you all!
And know that I am praying for you!
Pastor Aaron
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