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8200 McClure Circle, Charlotte NC
28216
Phone: (704)392-6214
http://www.amightyfortress.org
Join us for Worship at 10:20 am, and Sunday School at 9:00 am
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Pastor's Message
Dear Partners & Friends in Christ,
We accept the Christ child into our lives when we make his life a priority in our own. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life...if you love me comma, you will keep my commandments...this is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you." If we accept Christ, then we accept others- all others. We extend our love, our forgiveness, and we share our lives with others. We came together in this place to pray, to sing, to worship, and to come to Christ's table. We accept Christ and recognize him as we, like the three Magi, give him the gifts of our own lives, our own time, our own talent, and our own treasures.
How easy is it to become absorbed in the frenetic life of the world to the point that, like Christmas ornaments which are placed on a closet shelf, Christ is shut away in our lives for another year, only to become important again in 10 months.
How can we come to know God when our focus is elsewhere, on success, influence, and power? I increasingly believe that our faithfulness will depend on our willingness to go where there is brokenness, loneliness, and human need. I realize that the only way for us to stay well in the midst of the many "worlds" is to stay close to the small, vulnerable child that lives in our hearts and in every other human being. Often we do not know that the Christ child is within us. When we discover him we can truly rejoice. -Henri J. M. Nouwen
Hope to see you at worship, around the church throughout the week & out in the community.
Pastor John
