December 16, 2025
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Crew Wednesday, December 17th, from 3:30-5:00pm, for all 3rd-6th graders!
Sunday School Christmas Program, Sunday, December 21st, 9 am
Christmas Eve Worship Services: 2 pm, 4:30 pm, 9:00 pm. All services have special music, Holy Communion, and a candlelight portion. 2 pm and 4:30 pm have a children’s sermon. Come worship the newborn king!
There is a new way to give at Trinity: Venmo! You can find us using: @TrinityLutheranBoyceville. If it asks you for a phone number, use 1349
MUSINGS FROM PASTOR BRAD
“Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved.” Psalm 80:3
After all the activities of Spirit of Christmas, I came home Saturday night pretty beat. It was a long but fulfilling week of activity. Fun activity. Amazing experiences of ministry and seeing God at work in so many ways, but also, just a lot of work and a lot of hours (and about 28.9 miles on feet from Wednesday through Friday. Couldn’t count Saturday due to no pockets on my Elf costume), and I was one tired Brad. Spent. Exhausted.
But sometimes it doesn’t take a Spirit of Christmas and all of its activities to make us exhausted and feel spent. Life can just do that. Stresses of work and family life. Things like the violence we see in the world like the horrific shooting in Australia this week. Dealing with grief and loss. Anxiety over providing for our family or how our kids are doing. Things that just break us down, empty us out, make us feel less than whole. Even in this holiday season, we can feel empty and alone and spent.
But that is why God comes in Jesus Christ, in that babe born in Bethlehem. The light of the world shines on us so that we can be saved, restored, renewed. Through God’s grace, our brokenness can be restored, our suffering soothed, our sickness healed, our grieving comforted. Restoration happens because the Son of God, Emmanuel, is with us. Is with you. Every single day. The light of God’s love and grace in Jesus Christ shines on you and restores you.
On Saturday night, I laid down in bed, exhausted and spent. But I woke up Sunday, renewed and ready to go. We get renewal every day in Jesus Christ. May you feel that renewal today and if you feel spent, exhausted, emptied out, place your faith and hope on Jesus. Let the light of the world shine on you, restore you, give you strength and hope, for he is your salvation, your life, your renewal, and your hope. May God bless you today and always!