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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Dear colleagues and friends in Christ,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Jeannie and I would like to wish you all a very blessed Christmas and a joy-filled new year 2014. Christmas is always a very busy time of the year for people in ministry. In the midst of all the busyness, may you find time to reflect on the greatest story ever! May your reflections not simply be for others or how you might preach your Christmas message this year. May you find time how this greatest story ever impacts your life personally and that of your family. May you have the gift of faith, the blessing of hope and the peace of His love at Christmas and always. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your churches during this festive time of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>I have posted a new blog (<a href="http://www.ministryformation.com.au/blog/making-room.html">Making Room</a>) on the CRCA website and you can check it out <a href="http://www.ministryformation.com.au/blog/making-room.html">here</a>. As we celebrate Christmas, may Christ be everything: every word, every song, every prayer, every thought, every deed. May Christ be all and in all. Making room! In the words of Isaac Watts, "Let every heart prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing. Joy to the world, the Lord is come!" <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Looking forward to growing with you next year in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus as we seek to be a church reforming to reach the lost for Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Blessings in Christ,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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