A Christmas letter from the Council of Bishops

Submitted by Kenneth H. Carter Jr., President, Council of Bishops, The United Methodist Church

A 2019 Christmas Letter to the People of The United Methodist Church

As we journey through Advent on the way to Christmas, we read and sing Israel’s promises and prophecies. We hear the prophet Isaiah’s invitation: “Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord” (Isaiah 2:5). And for many of us, all of this culminates as we stand in the darkness of a sanctuary on Christmas Eve, holding a candle,  and sharing the light of Christ. “The light shines in the darkness,” we proclaim, “and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:5).

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