Dearly Beloved,
Every year we had the annual St Nicholas Advent Festival. And it has always been an auction. But this year, members of the St Merrymakers made it different by offering a complementary meal and inviting people to make donations towards the liturgy.
It was once said that The Lord drove out the money changers at the Temple of Jerusalem. Because they were making the Temple as a marketplace rather than a place of prayer, a place to worship and honor God, a place to be the light to all the nations.
As I reflected upon this year, and the trust that St Merrymakers decided to do, I'm very impressed and it has certainly taught me the importance of being generous. Because generosity breeds generosity. I pray that you will be generous in helping the parish with the Liturgy program, so that we can together work towards making the parish, not a marketplace, but a place of prayer.
Thank you for helping us to preserve the integrity of the purpose of our parish. Thank you and God bless you.