Stories from Friday, December 25, 2020

SIKESTON — The offices of the Standard Democrat will be closed Friday and no paper will be published in observance of the Christmas holiday. A weekend edition will be published. The office will reopen at 8 a.m. Monday. The staff and families of the Standard Democrat wish you a safe and happy Christmas...

This week’s article is the passages from Scripture dealing with the birth of Jesus. I enjoy reading it every year with the family. I include it with the hope that you might choose to do that as well. Next week, I will share the theme for 2021. Matthew 1:22-25 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the LORD by the prophet, saying, 23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. ...