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January 22, 2011--Visioning Workshop at Kennesaw United Methodist Church

If you have ever said:

• Why am I here?

• What is my purpose?

• What are my God given gifts and talents?

• What is my mission?

Then you won’t want to miss this class! Based on the book, The Path by Laurie Beth Jones, Carol Bass and Lynne Watts have put together a workshop with you in mind. Join us for a day of creative activities and fellowship as we explore our God given gifts and determine our own individual path or mission. Come prepared to laugh, learn and be energized! Class size will be limited, to provide individual attention, so register early!

When:  January 22, 2011 10:00-4:00

Where: KUMC Room 217

Cost: $20.00 (includes lunch and a copy of the book, The Path)

Who: Lynne Watts lynnewatts@comcast.net

Carol Bass carolbass@bellsouth.net

Are You Missing Jesus?

Image via WikipediaI was talking to a friend recently about Christmas decorating and she told me that  when she put out her Christmas nativity scene somehow the Jesus in a manger was missing. She wasn't overly concerned about it since she figured one of her grandchild probably was 'helping' with the clean up last year and decided they wanted to borrow the Jesus figure.  She said she just put it out anyway and hoped it would turn up at some point.  However, the scene does look a little 'empty'. 

I thought it was a pretty good analogy for the Christmas season as a whole, you know what with the missing Jesus and all.  I was having a discussion with some other women about how hard it is to keep Jesus as the focus of the season, when it suddenly occurred to me that the real problem is not keeping Jesus at the center of Christmas...it's keeping Jesus at the center of our lives.  Why are we so concerned  that we might get distracted during the Christmas season when there are eleven other months of the year when we need to keep Jesus at the center of our lives as well?  Why do we so self-righteously wear pins that say "Jesus is the reason for the season" but spend the rest of the year unconcerned?  Maybe we need a pin that says, "Jesus is the reason for it all" to wear all year long.  Just a thought...

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