It is almost time to find a new calendar. There are already dates in 2021 which I need to record and my paper calendar only has a single page for 2021 dates. I know that I could use the many calendars which exist on my cell phone and lap top computer, but I prefer my Calendar and Workbook for Church Leaders. It has a full page for Sunday and other pages for Monday through Saturday. It is the best for my work style. This Sunday, November 29 is the first Sunday in Advent. After this Sunday there are only four Sundays before 2021. I am waiting in eager anticipation for 2021. I have high hopes that it will be a better, kinder, more peaceful year. I know that simply turning over a new page on the calendar does not really change anything. It is largely symbolic, but emotionally it feels like a new start. It feels like the slate is washed clean and new possibilities are on the horizon. In reality 2021 will only be a better year than 2020 if we all join together to make it a better year. That’s why I decided to write about the new year on the last Sunday in November. It is the beginning of the season of anticipation that we call Advent. We look forward to the coming of Jesus as they did in the past and as we do in the present. What will Jesus coming to us mean for the coming 2021? What can I do in my life and family that will make for a better year and glorify Christ Jesus? What can we do as a congregation to make 2021 a better year and glorify Christ Jesus? We have the next four weeks to think, plan and pray before the New Year arrives. As we end this year in Christmas celebration, let’s begin the New Year with commitment to whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, pleasing, commendable, excellent, worthy of praise. Let us think about these things and put them into practice. (Philippians 4:8)