"Displaced: Where Hope Finds Us"   Our Advent theme for this year is an acknowledgment of our existential predicament as we begin a new Christian year together.  Most, if not all of us, find ourselves in a much different place than we expected to be when 2020 began. And the paths we have followed to arrive at this new reality has been a journey we likely would not have chosen if we had been given a choice!  But here we are.  Here we are.  For the next few Sundays, we will hear from some Smoky Hill members who have, and are, experiencing displacement in some very real and significant ways.  This Sunday Kristi Skarphol will share her experience as a High School teacher. We appreciate Kristi opening a window for us to see into a part of her life that has changed dramatically in 2020. My message this week is titled, "Displaced: Were Perfect Openness Becomes Possible."  It is based on the Annunciation story in Luke 1, and the Magnificat, Mary's Song, in that same chapter.  The Good News is that God finds us even in - and maybe especially in - those times when we are feeling most displaced and lost.  I hope you will be joining us online - 10:30 Sunday morning!  -Pastor Derek