January
Love Boldly: Made New
As we step into a new year, we reaffirm our commitment as Christians to love boldly. January invites us to remember the source of our story — the grace poured out on us through Christ and celebrated in baptism. Through baptism we are made new. “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19) reminds us that every act of love begins with God’s love for us. In response, we are called to extend that grace to the world with boldness and joy.
As Epiphany reveals Christ’s light to all nations, and as we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we are reminded that love in action can transform communities and dismantle injustice. This month encourages us to embody God’s love in tangible ways — in our relationships, in our neighborhoods, and in our witness to Christ.
May these resources support your ministry as you help your congregation claim their baptismal identity and practice a love that is courageous, generous, and wide enough for all.
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Arise, shine, for your light has come. This Epiphany Sunday, we join the magi in going and searching diligently, trusting that the light of Christ is closer than we realize and is found in the ordinary moments of our lives and in the faces of the vulnerable among us.
Ordinary Time is the official name of the season after the Epiphany. But after such an event, can anything truly be ordinary? If only we would lift up our eyes to see what God is doing in and around us and, something by God’s grace, through us. Join us this Ordinary Time season on a journey to discover what has always been there, the light of Christ.
Human Relations Day Sunday is celebrated the Sunday before Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.
Holidays and secular observances
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