 Hello, I'm Mike McKee, the Bishop of the North Texas Conference of the Adventist Church. I am standing in University Park United Methodist Church next to a Christmas tree. A Christmas tree is a Christmas tree decorated with symbols of the life and the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but especially the symbols of His nativity is birth. As we begin this Advent season or continue through the Advent season, begin to prepare once again for the birth of the Christ child. I want, of course, to wish you a very Merry Christmas. In fact, I hope you find this special day of Christmas to be a day of fulfillment and of gratitude and of a longing for a relationship with Jesus Christ in such a way that you know that all of your lives can be fulfilled with just this precious gift from our God. So as you celebrate with family, friends, around dinner tables or next to a fireplace or a Christmas tree, I hope that this day finds you to be a person at peace, at peace with yourself, but more importantly, at peace with your relationship with God and Christ. And as we celebrate the nativity once again, I pray and hope for you and for all the world that there will be great joy. May your Christmas be blessed and joyful. Thank you.