First Sunday in Advent, November 28th, 2021

 First Sunday in Advent, November 28th, 2021

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Reading these words might seem a little confusing to many folks.  I mean we just got done celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas is not even here yet.  And here you are talking about the "New Year"?    Huh?  Well, liturgically speaking it is a brand-new year when we celebrate the First Sunday in Advent.  So with that being said, HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Advent is the period of time leading up to Christmas.  It truly provides us with a wonderful opportunity to not only look forward to the coming of the Christ Child on Christmas but also allows us to contemplate Our Blessed Lord's Second Coming when He will come once again as the glorious Messiah!  Unfortunately, most of the world chooses to get caught up in the celebration of Christmas before Christmas even arrives.  We spend our time decorating our homes and our yards.  We go shopping so that we can buy the latest, greatest gifts available.  We get ready for our Christmas parties.  We put on the Chirstmas music.  And all of these things are wonderful and we all love them but we have to remember the real reason for the season.  We have to remember theat God gave to the world the greatest gift we could ever hope to receive.  God gave us the gift of His Son on that wonderful first Christmas morn.  And Advent is the time for us to prepare our hearts for the coming of the Messiah born so long ago in Bethlehem and Who will come once again to reclain what belongs to Him.  So during this Advent season which leads up to Christmas, make a point to take time out of your busy schedules to prepare your hearts.  Take time during this holiday season to prepare your heart for the coming of the Messiah.  Time some time during these coming weeks to prepare a wonderful gift for God.  Give Him the gift of yourself.  Give Him your heart.   

St. Margaret of Scotland Anglican Church worships every Sunday morning at 10:30 AM at the Chapel at Marquette Manor, which is located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis.

NOTE:  Keep in mind that we must enter in the main entrance of the lobby and sign in before we go to the chapel.  

Please Join us as we gather together as God's family to:  hear the Word of God; listen as God speaks to each one of us in our hearts; worship God in song and in word; listen to the King James Bible and the 1928 Book of Common Prayer; and, finally, receive Our Blessed Lord in Holy Communion so that we can be nourished for the journey we call life.  Take one hour out of your busy schedule to worship God, to honour God, to acknowledge the need for God in your life.