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II EV. KEN ROBINSON There is a helpless vulnerability lavist~. upon our chddren all ~arts
H LUTHERAN CHURCH about an infant that captures our of gifts which would :,ct b:,
'Christmas is for children." heart. Without the self-giving love lavished ordinarily. Christmas
ave all heard or spoken these and nurture of another person, a would make for a few happy
s. No doubt this idea baby could not grow toward days, a pleasant breather from the
tough facts of everyday adult life,
~nated from the fact that
tmas has to do with d baby
in a Bethlehem manger, and
Young virgin mother named
ry. The event celebrates the
th of this particular infant at a
;cific time in history. And
ryone (almost) loves a baby.
P'reeting Drawn by Robbie Wotton
~,ge 7 Mt. View School
the remembrance of fond and
sentimental days from our own
childhood. But then Christmas
would be over for another year.
And we might feel that we and
our children have been left
bankrupt, more in terms of the
time, energy and emotion put
into the season, than merely
money.
Let's face it. It's an adult
world. What can a baby born
nearly 2,000 years ago mean for
the harsh realities of being alive
now? It is a world of hunger,
thirst, sweat, loneliness, boredom,
weakness, failure, fear, anxiety,
hurt, sin, death. These are the
realities of life in which Christmas
is celebrated. So there must be
more to Christmas than simply a
day "for children." Truth that
speaks to the realities of life, not
occasional events to delight and
entertain, is what I want for my
children., and myself.
Maybe it all depends on what
we think of the word "children."
For Christmas was and is for
children, children as God sees
them. God sees every man,
woman, child, regardless of
physical age, as His child by right
of creation. The birth of Jesus
was God's gift to man. We adults
are captured by the joy of
Christmas when we understand
that in Christ Jesus, God is
identifying Himself with us,
taking upon Himself our frail
human flesh, entering the arena of
our life with its harsh realities.
Christmas is God giving and doing
for us. The babe of the manger is
Greeting Drawn by Yvonne Bina
5th Grade, Evergreen School
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maturity, but would die.
,,at if this is literally what
makes Christmas a time "for
children", where do we adults fit
in? Christmas could run the risk
of our making it little more than a
yearly celebration of
"babyhood," a time when we
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CENTER
Gib and Neoma Frisken
Greeting Drawn by Kim Joslin
6th Grade, Bordeaux School
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worthy of all the adoration my
adulthood call give...for the
wood which cradled the infant
would one day take the form of a
cross. Christmas, in fact, is void of
meaning unless it is seen in light
of the full grown Christ as the
God-man suffering and dying for
us, and being raised from death. It
is the victory of the cross and
tomb that gives joy and hope to
Christmas. To know that we are
loved, forgiven, declared "right
with God" in Christ frees us to
live as adults. As someone once
said, "The Son of God became a
son of man so that He might
make sons of men the sons of
God." God so loved that He
gave...Christmas is something
God has accomplished for his
children. So Christmas is for
children after all. And you and 1
are the children for whom it is
given. To receive in humble faith
the gift of God's Son...to
acknowledge Him as Lord of all
life, to find the motivating power
of our own lives by open trust in
Him...to take the posture of a
child before God as our gracious
Father...is to become fully
human, to discover genuine
manhood, and to lay hold of life
and its renewed relationships. So,
celebrate Christmas children.
Rejoice in God's "life-giving" gift.
The certainties of one age are
the problems of the next.
Richard H. Tawney
Office, Left to right: Bud Knutzen, Wally Dundas,
Tim Hamilton, Tom Roof, Corinne Williams, Carol
Rapacz, Beulah Helser, Art Mell, Art Nicklaus.
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Greeting Drawn by Tracy Nelson
4th Grade Mt. View School
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Shop Back row: Bruce Willey, Jack Denny, Les Rodgers,
Tom Bunnell Front row: Ron Brewer, Marvin Likes, Gib Lord.
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"Since 1-92 7'"
1st and Grove
And may your New Year
be happy and prosperous.
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