Messiah will hold its weekly Divine Service on Sunday, December 28th at 10:00 am; the service is scheduled to be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/messiahgr, our website and our Facebook page. Adult Bible Class will be held beforehand at 9:00 am, and children’s Sunday School will be held following the Divine Service, beginning about 11:15 am.

The baby boys of Bethlehem, murdered by Herod & commemorated just three days after the celebration of Jesus’ birth, remind us not only of the terrible brutality of which human beings are capable, but more significantly of the persecution Jesus endured from the beginning of His earthly life. Although Jesus’ life was spared in infancy, many years later, another ruler - Pontius Pilate - would sentence the innocent Messiah to death. Thanks be to God that His Son willingly paid the price for our sins and reconciled us with our heavenly Father! (Psalm 31:1, 3, 5 & Revelation 7:14b; Jeremiah 31:15-17; Revelation 14:1-5; Matthew 2:13-18)