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I already wished you a happy and joyous Christmas last week. However, as the culture at large moves past the season because December 25 has passed and businesses have decided they have nothing related to Christmas left to sell you (moving their attention to selling you on participating in fancy New Years celebrations), I want to remind everyone that we are still in the Christmas season. Our Orthodox friends start counting the twelve days of Christmas on December 25 and celebrate Christmas on January 6 or 7, depending on which calendar is followed. My great grandparents immigrated to this country from Yugoslavia, and my family still celebrates Serbian Christmas on January 7 in addition to our December celebrations. Veselé božić from my Serbian family to you! More than a reminder of different traditions among Christians, I find remembering that we are still in the Christmas season helpful because it is a time of both excitement and uncertainty. When Jesus was born, people were just as unsure about what his birth meant as they were excited. The cold still of Winter is a perfect time to contemplate excitement and uncertainty for a while, to keep celebrating the full meaning of Christmas as we ponder what ourselves, our communities, and our world will become in the future. So while I also wish you all a happy ans safe new year, I hope you dwell on the excitement and uncertainty of Christmas for a little longer.
~Benjamin Chicka
Communications Coordinator
Presbytery of Boston
Click the image above to read the first post in a series about online advertising best practices. This post gives advice regarding what to focus on and what to avoid when advertising your church on Facebook.
The second post in our online advertising best practices series covers why our Communications Coordinator recommends Google Ads over running Facebook adsClick the image above to read the post.

If you find these posts helpful, and would find a live video conference during which you can ask further questions to Benjamin, please email office@presbyteryofboston.org expressing your interest.

Cindy's Travelogue: Charlotte: Cindy took a quick visit to Charlotte, preaching at CN Jenkins Memorial, Avondale, and First United Presbyterian Churches. Click here to view the post on our blog, and make sure you catch up on previous posts if you have missed a few.

Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network: Are you a lawyer or know a lawyer with a bar card who wants to help people detained by ICE? The Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network urgently needs lawyers with or without immigration experience for interviews and possible services in Plymouth and Bristol jails. More information can be found on our website.

224th General Assembly Hands and Feet Service Opportunities: During GA 224 as part of the Office of the General Assembly’s Hands and Feet initiative, The Center: Mission Outside the Box will offer hands-on service opportunities. They will offer up to 4 service options, from 8:30-noon, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 22-26. Click here for more information and to register through March 6.
Prayer Concerns: In your prayers please remember the Rev. Andrew Parmelee, whose beloved wife Liz passed peacefully from this life on November 24. Notes to Andy can be sent to:  281 High Street, Hingham MA 02043-3357 or awparmelee@comcast.net

Please keep Jo-an Bott and Elise Kreiger in your prayers. Elise is Jo-an's life partner and had a mini-stroke in December from which she is still recovering. She has also been diagnosed with uterine cancer and recently received a pacemaker. Cards can be sent to: Elise Krieger 73 Briarwood Circle, Worcester, MA 01606

Please continue to pray for Jennifer Wegter-McNelly and her family. You may send cards to: 1904 Providence Ave., Niskayuna, NY 12309

Jericho Walk every third Tuesday in Burlington: For over a year, on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 1:00 pm, the Burlington Area Clergy for Justice (BAC4J) has been sponsoring a Jericho Walk around the ICE Administration Office in Burlington, MA. Regardless of the weather, anywhere from 40-100 clergy and individuals from all faith traditions participate in the Walk. Click the image above to watch a video from the most recent Walk on August 20, and consider attending the next Walk with members from your congregation. 
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