Christmas message from Rt Rev Dr Shaw J Paterson, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Rt Rev Dr Shaw J Paterson gives a Christmas message.

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00:00I'm the Right Reverend Dr Shaw Patterson and I'm the Moderator of the General Assembly

00:11of the Church of Scotland and I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.

00:15The other day back at my manse there was a power cut and one of the issues that came

00:21from the power cut was that the house alarm bell went on to automatic and we couldn't

00:25silence it. So there was I in the middle of the night up a ladder at the alarm box with

00:31a pair of snips in my hand deciding do I cut the red wire or the blue wire to try and stop

00:37the noise of the alarm wakening all my neighbours up. It was quite a task and yet the next day

00:43when I thought about trying to repair things I then realised just how straight forward

00:47it was to connect the wires and that reminded me that so often we become disconnected from

00:54God. Christmas is a wonderful time for us to reconnect with God, to make that communication

01:00once more for God loved the world so much he sent his son Jesus Christ to be with us

01:06but we cut ourselves off from him. This is a season not just of goodwill, not just of

01:11presents, not just of parties and celebrations but it's a season when we can remember just

01:17how much we're loved, how much God cares for us. So please take a moment, take an opportunity

01:24to connect with God once more as we get ready, as we prepare, as we give thanks for this

01:29wonderful season for unto us a child was born, Jesus Christ the Prince of Peace. Merry Christmas

01:36to one and all.