"The family Jesus comes from, anticipates the family he comes for." That's what Sam Allberry says about Matthew's genealogy of Jesus, which we will be preaching in the run-up to Christmas. We will particularly focus our attention on the five women Matthew mentions – the hidden figures in the story of Jesus. This Sunday Paul will begin the series, looking at Tamar's story. As we've prepared this series together as elders, it's been our prayer that as we see how the Lord works in the lives of these women, we will be encouraged to see how he is at work in the mess of our own lives, to redeem and restore."Pastor Pete Gower