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Church takes a journey to Bethlehem, figuratively
Gainesville First United Methodist Church begins to study season of Advent early
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Richard Puckett, lead associate pastor at Gainesville First United Methodist Church, teaches a class about Joseph during the Advent study Wednesday night. - photo by J.K. Devine
For 30 years, Dee Snow taught her elementary school students the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic. Now retired, she has returned to learning the basics — the Bible basics that is. To that end, the 86-year-old recently joined an Advent study at Gainesville First United Methodist Church to re-examine the stories of Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth and the angel Gabriel and their roles in the birth of Christ.