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The UMYF went caroling this past Sunday to a few members of our congregation. 🎄❤️💚 #Repost @umyf_sm ・・・ UMYF caroling shindig☃️ 🎄#xmascarols #umyf @santamonicaumc Another successful Christmas Celebration Concert! 🎶 🎄 Thank you Dr. Jim Smith, Conductor and our fearless Music Director; our Chancel Choir; all the guest singers; Ty Woodward, our amazing organist; the Mark Twain Ringers; all the guest musicians, and Rev. Patricia Farris for a beautiful performance! @santamonicaumc “I baptize you with water for repentance, but one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."⠀ – Matthew 3:11 ⠀ ⠀ This Sunday we continue our Advent journey with the lighting of two candles on our Advent wreath and the words of the poet, Mary Oliver: “Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”⠀ ⠀ And lo and behold, John the Baptist shows up again. Right on time. His appearance, his clothing, his words are all intended to astonish us. ⠀ ⠀ Pay attention. The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Be astonished.⠀ ⠀ I look forward to worship and our Christmas Concert with you!⠀ ⠀ —Rev. Patricia Farris⠀ ⠀ #advent #payattention #revpatriciafarris #santamonicaumc #firstumcsmsanctuary #holycommunion ...salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers...⠀ – Romans 13:11b⠀ ⠀ Once we recover from our Thanksgiving feasting, we find that the season of Advent is upon us, ready or not. This year, we will be accompanied by a variety of artists – the composers and performers of the season's beautiful music, the art of our friend, John August Swanson, and the poetry of Mary Oliver. “Pay attention,” she writes.⠀ ⠀ Pay attention. In the midst of it all, God is doing a new thing. “The true light that gives light to everyone is coming into the world,” John's Gospel proclaims.⠀ ⠀ The worship of this season calls us to pay attention, to see with new eyes, to remember the promise, and to renew our hope.⠀ ⠀ I look forward to worshipping with you,⠀ ⠀ Patricia⠀ ⠀ #advent #payattention #revpatriciafarris #santamonicaumc #firstumcsmsanctuary #holycommunion

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First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica
1008 Eleventh Street
Santa Monica, CA 90403
1-310-393-8258
info@santamonicaumc.org
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Tues - Fri: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Tues - Fri: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
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