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The holiday season
always presents opportunities for outreach. I’ve found that a great
point of connection is music. Whether Hanukkah or Christmas, music is a
large part of people’s celebration. |
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 Miriam Nadler |
Two years ago during the Christmas
season she was deeply moved by hearing beautiful Christmas music
presented by a visiting choir. In fact, she asked if she could visit
their church just to hear more of their music. Faith eventually accepted Yeshua and became a member of Hope of Israel Congregation. Faith, who is now 74, loves to share Messiah in her new retirement village and is desirous for both the Jewish and non Jewish residents to understand more of her faith in Messiah. |
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I enjoyed organizing the team of moms and their children in a program full of music including: Israeli dance, piano solos, violin solos, and just singing together as we weaved in the story of Hanukkah. We sang praise choruses from the Psalms declaring together “It is good to praise the Lord.” After telling the Hanukkah story I introduced six year old Luke who had prepared two special violin numbers. I wanted to tie in the miracle of Hanukkah into his violin pieces. Luke’s first song was entitled HaTikvah - the Hope - which is the national anthem of Israel. Just has God has preserved Israel as a nation and given them hope, God can give us hope as well when we trust in Him, and His promises for our lives. After the applause died down I introduced Luke’s next number that is perhaps the most well known hymn of all time, “Amazing Grace.” It is only by God’s amazing grace that the Jewish people were given the victory and rest from their enemies. Today we also can have His victory in our lives and rest for our souls. God expressed His love to us through giving His Son, in response we can express our love to God through giving ourselves to others. We were blessed by the enthusiastic feedback from all who attended. In fact one of the Jewish residents expressed interest in attending our services. We are looking forward to return again and ministering God’s love through music and testimony. Let us pray that the seeds of God’s Word will come to fruition. Y |
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