Hey everybody you're listening to a new beginning which is a podcast made possible by Harvest Partners.

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So just send an email to me at Greg at Harvest.org again it's Greg at harvest.org you can learn

more about becoming a harvest partner by going to harvest.org Historians tell us we've been celebrating Harvest. a surprising fact about the holiday. The first mention of Christmas goes way, way back.

Before Bethlehem, before Mary and Joseph,

before Shepherds and Wise Men, before Caesar Augustus and Herod the Great and

the Innkeeper.

In fact, the first mention of Christmas was PC. Amazing Grace, how sweet the town.

Again you hear and the angels are seen it.

This is the day, the day when life begins.

Some may think everyone celebrates Christmas just like we do here in the United States.

Wintertime scenes of slaves, snow-covered Christmas trees. But in many parts of the world

December 25th is the start of summertime. Our friends in Australia just said

Amen. In the Orthodox tradition, Christmas comes January 7th, but there's even more to learn about this important holiday.

And today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Lorry takes us to the book of Genesis for a thorough Bible study.

To the day the day when life begins.

Now I don't know if you read that news story that happened not too long ago about a

scuba diver who was rescued by mermaids. Did any of you hear this story?

Scuba diver rescued by mermaids. I'm thinking, wait, what?

So I read the article and it says that there's a man named Pablo Avila who was scuba diving off of Catalina and suddenly he blocked

out and he cried out help and it turns out there was a group of professional

mermaids and a swim instructor nearby.

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