Let's Go To Bethlehem! (Luke 2:1-20)

Don't you just LOVE a good Nativity scene?! Surely we all do & with good reason - they remind us that THE greatest proof of God's love & regard for mankind is the Incarnation! They remind us Jesus was literally born to die! Yet, we get Nativity scenes all wrong - were there only 3 Wise Men, did they come to the stable (Mt. 2:11)?! Even worse, we leave folks out! It would do us well to remember that there are lots of folks involved in the Christmas Story who don't show up in the Nativity scene - forgotten pieces, so to speak. We leave 'em out; yet God in His love & mercy & grace did not, does not. In this message, Pastor Buffy Cook leads us to, as did the shepherds, say "Let's Go To Bethlehem" & truly "Come and behold Him" to see that while we may leave out the Ignorant, the Indifferent, the Incredulous & the Iniquitous, God then did not, yea still today does not! May each of us personally & congregationally in our giving, serving & witnessing in 2017 reflect that truth!