"The Event" is coming

A few weeks ago I saw a Christmas display in Home Depot—and it’s only October! Which got me to thinking… What if this year, instead of putting shopping, baking, parties, and all of the other Christmas festivities in the top place on the priority list, we put Christ in the number one spot? What would happen if we centered our hearts and minds on what really happened that night when Christ was born? What might be different for us spiritually as individuals, and as a church, if the event of Jesus’ birth became the central thing that we focused on during this coming holiday season?

I don’t have the answers, just a suspicion. I have a suspicion that if we were to really focus on the meaning, the story, the purpose, and the history of Jesus’ birth that this would be the most meaningful Christmas many of us have ever had. I have a hunch that if we will make God the center of our celebration that He will have the opportunity to teach us things that could profoundly change our lives.

That said, I want to invite you to join me, along with the rest of the Epic family, for a 40-day journey we are calling “The Event.”  This journey will begin Sunday, November 14^th, and will go until Christmas Eve when we come together to celebrate the birth of Christ. Each week of the journey will begin with an in-depth study on a different aspect of the circumstances surrounding the supernatural event that changed the course of human history. These Sunday services will be followed up by a week of different spiritual challenges that you can engage in as an individual or as a family. Each challenge will be designed to help you keep in focus the truest meaning of the Christmas season by helping you to engage with others in a way that reflects Christ’s heart of service for humanity. In addition to these challenges we will be giving you additional materials to study and reflect on during the week so that your spiritual focus can be sharpened to all that Jesus did for us when we entered into human history.

My hope and prayer is that this will be one of the most important, exciting, and powerful Christmas celebrations you have ever experienced—not because of what you get, or eat, or even give—but because you encountered Christ in a new and transforming way.

Peace to you,

Jeff