Friday, December 19, 2014

A Christmas Carol … Keeping Christmas All The Year



Sacred Traditions And Rituals

a call to connection

Wishing You a Joyful and Blessing-filled Christmas!

Hoping that you will consider extending the Christmas Spirit and join us for

Tranquility With Tea

a service devoted to quieting minds, opening hearts, soothing souls

Sunday Evening, December 28th at 6:00pm

In the Fellowship Hall

Central United Methodist Church

233 North Church Street

Spartanburg, South Carolina



Our prayerful and meditative reflection – A Christmas Carol … Keeping Christmas All The Year has been created and will be offered by Andy Crosland – retired after working 37 years as a professor and administrator at the University of South Carolina Upstate and currently enrolled as part of a spiritual direction program with the Haden Institute in North Carolina.



Focusing on A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens – we will hear and experience the story of a turning, a salvation, a new beginning.  Scrooge shows us not only what we should be, but also how to make the transition … even if it is too much for all of us to do, in one night!!!



This timeless story is full of creative and spirit-filled reflections for sharing, not only during the Christmas season, but throughout the year and always.  We hope you will be with us as we contemplate renewing ourselves in the New Year - 2015.



Perhaps you will consider this extraordinary time as a gift given … to yourself, a family member or a special friend.  A portion of the offering collected has been designated for SPARTANBURG SHARES – a program which loans medical equipment, at no cost, to those in need.



WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THIS TIME TOGETHER!