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An Illinois man left Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him the next day. When he reached his hotel he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her e-mail address, he did his best to type it from memory.
Unfortunately, he missed one letter and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher’s wife, whose husband had passed away only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor dead.

At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:

Dearest Wife,

Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow.

Your Loving Husband.
P.S: Sure is hot down here.

What could be more powerful than news from the other side of death?

This week as we continue our series Christmas on the Silver Screen we will be looking at the movie A Christmas Carol. Which is based on the story of Ebenezer Scrooge who has an experience with the other side.

As a result of this encounter he becomes a changed man.

Bring a friend and join us this week as we look at how to bring lasting change to our lives.

Be Blessed,

Stan

This week we are beginning a new series called “Christmas on the Silver Screen”.  In this series we will be using classic Christmas movies to illustrate some of the truths people face during the Christmas season.

This first week we’ll be tackling fear and loneliness.  For those of you fortunate enough to be surrounded by friends and family for Christmas, the thought of being “Home Alone” couldn’t be further from the truth.  But the reality is, that even in our day to day lives – when we take our guard down…and take our masks off, many of us do feel alone – even in the midst of a crowd.  This feeling is real, it’s deep and it hurts.  We need to know how to deal with it.

If you have friends or family that seem to have an especially hard time this time of year, invite them to come to church with you for this series.