Sermon Slides: Christmas Eve Service 12.24.14 Charles Dickens published this classic work on December 19, 1848 and it quickly became a best seller. The message is timeless and the journey from miser to benefactor is one every person on earth must travel. This Christmas Eve, we consider the story of the birth of Christ learn how this single event in history transformed not only our spiritual lives, but our every day perception of who we are, who we were, and especially who we shall become.  “Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead," said Scrooge. "But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change.”Charles Dickens “I am not the man I once was” he says, “I will not be the man I might have been, had it not been for this. Why show me this if I am past all hope? Assure me that I may yet change these shadows you have shown me, by an altered life.” “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!” Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Sermon Notes 12.24.14 A Christmas Carol bulletin12.24.14 Christmas Eve 6PM bulletin12.24.14 Christmas Eve L Sermon Audio:   A Christmas Carol 12.24.14