by The Church @ HP | Jan 19, 2023 | Advent 2022
As we think about how we experience this season through our senses, your HP Staff came together to make a list of what we think of during Advent: Hot Chocolate, Harry Connick Jr., mulled wine, Christmas cookies, turkey and dressing, smell of a fresh cut tree,...
by The Church @ HP | Jan 19, 2023 | Advent 2022
When did you become aware the Christmas season was around the corner? Was it something some one did or said? Was it a place, a smell or a sight or an experience never before happening for you? For me it was the tree color! Not the Christmas tree green color or...
by The Church @ HP | Jan 19, 2023 | Advent 2022
Oh the senses that only this time of year can bring! They have been a part of my life for as far back as I can remember. In fact, there may be nothing else in all creation that emotionally ties me to my parents and my childhood the way that this time of year does. At...
by The Church @ HP | Jan 19, 2023 | Advent 2022
I hope it’s been a great year for you. 2022 has had its ups and downs but through those ups and downs we grow closer as a community, a congregation and as friends. Through those relationships we build the foundation of many things, without those meaningful...
by The Church @ HP | Jan 19, 2023 | Advent 2022
“Do You Hear What I Hear?” The first sense that comes to mind for me during Advent is sound. Having sung in choirs for many years, the list of favorite songs of the season continues to grow. In elementary school we sang songs in Spanish around a piñata (quite a...
by The Church @ HP | Jan 19, 2023 | Advent 2022
Every year at this time of the season, I feel a distinct change in the air and I think to myself, ‘it feels like Christmas!’ The sound of jingle bells, the smell of a freshly lit fireplace in the neighborhood, and a crisp chill in the wind all make me want to don...
