Harbor News / Update

Harbor Family and Friends,

Yesterday the Harbor Kid's Church performed the musical "It's A Wonderful Life".  Everyone did such an outstanding job; I would like to thank everyone that helped in any way.  The theme of the production was simple--Without Christ there is no Christmas.  By the way, the church was full, and this is a testament to the work of the the "Outreach Team".  Thanks to this great effort we were able to share the gospel with many people who would not have otherwise came.  This is the result of those involved in the production getting their list of names turned in so that the outreach team could to to work.  Thanks again.

Sunday night we followed up with a Christmas message along the same lines--Without Christ there is no Christmas. 
We know that he world would like for us to forget about Christ and remove Him from our

We learned that:

1. Without Christ the days don't matter--you can call the holiday whatever you like, if there's no Christ it doesn't matter, it would be just another day.
1. W/O Him December 25th would be just another day.
2. Without Christ the songs don't matter
1. W/O Him there's no sense in singing "Joy to the World", because w/o Him there is no joy.
2. No need to sing "O Come All Ye Faithful"; w/o Him what is there to be faithful too?
3. There would be no need to sing "Away in a Manger" or "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
4. For that matter there would be no need to sing at all, for without Christ we are not forgiven, we would still be in our sins and we would have nothing to look forward to.
3. Without Christ the Word (Bible) doesn't matter:  W/O Him the Bible would be just another book.  All of the Old Testament spoke of His coming.  In the New Testament He fulfilled those prophecies by spoken of Him by coming in a fashion the world did not understand, nor did they accept.  He came into His own, and His own did not receive Him. 
4. Without Christ prayer doesn't matter:  If there be no Christ, then who are we praying to?  If there be no Christ then the Word has lied, the days don't matter, the Bible doesn't matter, and our prayers are in vain. 

But the Truth is that He is Christ and He makes Christmas.  He is Christ, and He is why we are Christians.  We are striving to be like Christ.

Merry Christmas! 

Mike Sanes
Pastor, THWC