Terry Headlight News

Here is a list of birthdays which have been recently celebrated:

Dec. 3- Laura Ann Patterson Jenkins, Melinda Wilcher; Dec. 4- Ann Lee Moore Gibson; Dec. 6- Judy Jenkins, Marshand Chrisler, Judge Melvin Priester; Dec. 8- James Davis; Dec. 9- Russell Ellis, Jody Ogletree.

Please do not forget that the annual Christmas Parade in Terry will be this Satur-day evening. Everyone is encouraged to attend!

The soccer team of Terry High School has three upcoming games: against Pearl High School (Rankin County) on Tuesday, the 13th and against Provine High School (Hinds County) on Thursday, the 15th. Both games begin at 5:30PM The ninth-grade basketball teams will play Ridgeland High School (an “away” game) on Monday, the 12th, beginning at 5:00. The other basketball teams will play Brookhaven High School (Lincoln County) on Tuesday, the 13, beginning at 6:00PM. The school’s holiday vacation will be coming very soon!

Here is a list of friends from Terry (or with Terry connections) who should be kept in prayer:

James and Gayla (Garrett) Bailey, H. S. “Jack” and Laverna (Linton) Broome, Maggie (Mrs. Stanley) Brown, Curley Champion, Rose Mary Foncree, Barry Ivers, Freddie and Lillie Rene (Hales) Jones, Patti McMaster Jones, Jackie McGuffie, Gladys (Sha-ck) Peoples, Mary Lou Peoples, Ronnie Peoples, Wayne Peoples, Charles Earl Shack, Elsie Mae (Whitehead) Shack, Bar-bara Sills, Mrs. Grady Taylor, Larry Wilson, Jerry Witherington, Gl-enn Yarbrough, all police officers, pastors, and missionaries.

We have now moved into December of 2022. This Sunday, Dec. 11, the third Sunday of Advent or Gaudete Sunday. The third candle of the Advent calendar is lighted on this day along with the first 2 which were also lighted on the second Sunday of Advent. The third candle is the shepherds’ candle, reminding that God sent the angels to proclaim His arrival to all humankind and that He still uses ordinary people today (us) to spread His good news.

The theme of readings and musical offerings during this season of Advent is often to prepare for the Second Coming while commemorating events prior to His birth. With the view of directing the thoughts of Christians to the first coming of Jesus Christ as savior and to His second coming as judge, readings are prescribed for each of the four Sundays in Advent.

The Biblical readings for that Sunday are: Isaiah 35:1-10 (God will comfort His people.); either Psalm 146: 4-9 (When their breath departs, they return to the earth), or the Magnificat (the song of Mary found in Luke 1:46-55); James 5: 7-10 (Be patient.); and Matthew 11:2-11 (Jesus and John the Baptizer).

Here is one of the great hymns written concerning the message given to the Virgin Mary. These words were written twenty-three years ago by the Presbyterian pastor and hymn writer Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. (1961- ?)

“Mary heard the angel’s message: ‘Greetings, Mary, favored one! Do not fear, for God is with you; You will one day bear God’s Son.’ Filled with questions, filled with wonder, She proclaimed her faith in God: ‘May it be as you have spoken: I’m the servant of the Lord!’ “When she heard her cousin’s greeting, Mary’s heart was filled with joy, So, she sang of God’s great blessing Promised in her baby boy: ‘God has looked on me with favor, So I sing this song of praise. God has worked, the proud to scatter ... Humble, hungry ones to raise.’ “Mary heard the shepherds’ story, Words she treasured with delight. Then an angel gave the warning: ‘Flee with Jesus in the night!’ Mary wondered in her anguish, What would be the pain He’d know? Fleeing then, she held Him closely... One day she would let Him go. “Mary heard, ‘Who is My mother? Who is in My family? All who do My Father’s bidding - All these ones belong to Me.’ Later, on the hill she heard Him, ‘Woman, see your new son there! You, my friend, behold Your mother!’ So Christ formed new bonds of care. “When they learned the Lord had risen, Christ’s disciples met to pray, Mary was among the faithful, Bound in love, on Jesus’ Way. Loving, learning, serving, too. Like her, may we hear and answer, ‘We, Your servants, live for You.’”

Remember to go with (rather than sending) your littles ones to church on Sunday to teach them the tradition of anticipating the first coming of Christ.

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