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We had a lovely Christmas, full of friends and family, carols and candles, and we hope you did, too, remembering always the real reason for Christmas.\u00a0 God\u2019s love.\u00a0 God\u2019s free gift of grace.\u00a0 As we look forward to 2020, our prayer is that each of you would have the Lord in your life, either first off or always more fully.<\/p>\n

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