Get your star-WORDS! NO…not Star Wars. Star-WORDS!
Select a number ranging from 1 to 265 and close to Epiphany Sunday, January 3rd, I will send you a 2021 STAR-word. Send me an email mpanco@discoverstmark.org, call or or send me a message on Social Media with the number you selected (each person gets their own word).
What is a Star-word, you say with glee, surprise, and unbridled anticipation?!?!?!?
“Have you heard of the practice of passing out “Star Words” on the Sunday closest to Epiphany? On the day that we remember the star that led the magi to Jesus, pieces of paper cut into star shapes with a printed word are passed out to all. These words hopefully will give people a different way to approach their prayer life. Is God, perhaps, speaking to them through the particular word they got when they grabbed their star? [Starting now, you are invited to request a] star word. These star words can either be received with joy or hesitation. Sometimes they are discarded or forgotten. Sometimes the words don’t appear bright like a star and we have to look for them showing up in our daily lives. The hope of this practice is that we are reminded of God’s presence breaking through to shine as light in the darkness.” *
Peace and blessings,
Pastor MP
“Epiphany is the celebration of God’s manifestation or self-revelation to the world in Jesus Christ. In particular, we celebrate the revelation of God’s promise and purpose to the nations of the world, as the magi came from the East to worship to the Christ child, and God’s covenant of grace is extended to all who believe the good news of Christ Jesus. The symbolism of light is important: not only because of the star that guided the magi, but as it relates to the bright dawning of God’s self-revelation in Christ”- An excerpt from the Companion to the Book of Common Worship (Geneva Press, 2003, 94-95)
* https://apcenet.org/2020/01/06/epiphany-stars/
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