Join us in Faith this Sunday! 

Pastor Rebecca will be sharing her message:

"House of Light"

Join us in-person or via Zoom at the link below. 

Henry Van Dyke was a Presbyterian clergyman around the turn of the last century. He taught English literature at Princeton, served his former classmate Woodrow Wilson as ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, befriended Helen Keller and officiated at the funeral of Mark Twain. He was the author of “The Other Wise Man” and wrote the words to “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee.”

Here is his timeless advice for living with the Christmas spirit all year long.

Keeping Christmas by Henry Van Dyke

There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas.

Are you willing...
• to forget what you have done for other people, and to remember what other people have done for you;
• to ignore what the world owes you, and to think what you owe the world;
• to put your rights in the background, and your duties in the middle distance, and your chances to do a little more than your duty in the foreground;
• to see that men and women are just as real as you are, and try to look behind their faces to their hearts, hungry for joy;
• to own up to the fact that probably the only good reason for your existence is not what you are going to get out of life, but what you are going to give to life;
• to close your book of complaints against the management of the universe, and look around you for a place where you can sow a few seeds of happiness.

Are you willing to do these things even for a day? Then you can keep Christmas.

Are you willing...
• to stoop down and consider the needs and desires of little children;
• to remember the weakness and loneliness of people growing old;
• to stop asking how much your friends love you, and ask yourself whether you love them enough;
• to bear in mind the things that other people have to bear in their hearts;
• to try to understand what those who live in the same home with you really want, without waiting for them to tell you;
• to trim your lamp so that it will give more light and less smoke, and to carry it in front so that your shadow will fall behind you;
• to make a grave for your ugly thoughts, and a garden for your kindly feelings, with the gate open—

Are you willing to do these things, even for a day? Then you can keep Christmas.

Are you willing...
• to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world—

• stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death—
• and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is the image and brightness of the Eternal Love?

Then you can keep Christmas.

And if you can keep it for a day, why not always?
But you can never keep it alone.

Six Days of the Week,
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924 and 1952

Because of your generous Christmas Eve giving, we were able to make a donation to Adventure Risk Challenge, supporting youth right here in Truckee. Even better, your gift was matched dollar for dollar through their year-end giving match, doubling the impact for local young people.

At Church of the Mountains, we are delighted to support youth in our community as part of our ongoing outreach efforts. Thank you for helping extend the hope, care, and love of the season into our wider community.

If you’d like to learn more about Adventure Risk Challenge, click below.

We’re delighted to welcome the Tahoe Philharmonic to Church of the Mountains on January 17 as part of the Go 4 Brrroque Series. Join us for an afternoon of beautiful, uplifting music in the warmth and acoustics of our mountain sanctuary. It’s a wonderful opportunity to gather, enjoy exceptional artistry, and experience the joy of live performance together.

Tickets are available now — get yours at the link below.

If you missed it—or want to relive the joy—be sure to watch our Christmas Eve highlight video! It captures the warmth, music, and meaningful moments we shared together as a community. Take a few minutes to enjoy and celebrate the season again with us.

We are looking for gifted musicians to help lead worship and create joyful Sunday mornings—and we’d love your help getting the word out!

We are building a small worship band and are seeking keyboardists, guitarists, and singers with strong people skills who enjoy collaborating. Our music spans contemporary Christian, jazz, gospel, blues, folk, and bluegrass. A piano, keyboard, and full sound system are available, along with a library of curated hymn and contemporary Christian scores and slides.

These are paid positions with flexible, negotiable rates.
If you—or someone you know—would be a great fit, please share this invitation and send a resume to comumctruckee@gmail.com

Judy Jensen, the group leader welcomes everyone to participate. 

We read and discuss the books we have chosen in an informal discussion and look forward to spending time and sharing our faith with one another. We pray as an introduction to our study—and we close with prayer.

Our group are also members of the Prayer Net and welcome requests that come to us through the larger church body.

Any questions? Reach out to Judy at 530-448-6474 or church email comumctruckee@gmail.com

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