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Well Good Morning, you are going to need your Bibles today. I hope that you have brought one. Here at Antioch one thing is you are always going to need a Bible and a note book. Turn with me to Luke chapter 1. Last week we began our exciting journey as we took a look into the beginning act of the gospel…

It is a significant day in our country’s history. I doubt there are many of us here that don’t remember where they were the when they learned of planes hitting the world trade center, the Pentagon, and going down in a field in Pennsylvania. In the days that followed there was a palpable connection. I…

Most of us don’t like silence. We especially don’t like it when it feels like God is being silent. 7 a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the…

Background The OT ended with a promise. The promise of a Messiah that would come to his people. 2 But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves. The promise would be fulfilled only after the return of…

Introduction The preparation for children. Having absolutely nothing, but knowing that we would need so much. As we are in the Advent season, heading towards Christmas morning, to receive the blessing of the birth of Christ, we look to the preparation in our own hearts. Preparation is an important step…

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the…

5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 But…

Prophetic fulfillment demands proclamation.

Week 4 of Making the most of your time. Hopefully it has helped. 15 So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. 16 Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. 17 Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. We are told to make the…

This year we have been talking about how all the glory belongs to God for Christmas. Josh started us off with a couple of great messages. His first message was how John the Baptist was prophesied and ultimately personified giving the glory to God. His second message in our series showed how God got glory…

Announcements Are there any announcements? There will be a business meeting following to church to approve the budget for this year. Evening of Worship Thursday February 24 at 6:30pm. Introduction Good morning! We are glad that you have joined us to worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one verse at at…

What does it mean to be complacent? The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “smug and uncritically satisfied with oneself or one’s achievements.” So then what does it mean to be spiritually complacent? Spiritual complacency occurs when we get comfortable and satisfied with the way WE worship instead…

Thanksgiving has come and gone and there are now 28 days until Christmas. As we anticipate the Christmas holiday, I worked up a sermon series I am calling Journey to Bethlehem. Over the next few weeks, we are going to walk through the timeline of the New Testament leading up to the birth of Jesus on…

Break the Silence intertestamental period of 400 years since the Prophecy of Malachi 1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the…

(S1) Mother, father, grandparent, teacher...in some way you are shaping little lives; by what they hear you say and see you do and how you live. “Some little one is watching every move you make” Series— It Starts at Home “Built on Bedrock”— Digging the trench of our own faith (shoveling bedrock) — Christ…

Intro: God uses unexpected people and unlikely circumstances to bring about his purposes in order to bring about his glory and not man’s glory. In the history of God’s work in this world, God has used the lowly and the meek of this world to bring about his glorious purposes. He uses shepherds and turns…

(S1) Have you eve felt abandoned by God? Forgotten? Surrounded by circumstances beyond your control? Wondered how you got there? Whether its whats going on in your life or the people you care for, or the world around you, at times, it can seem overwhelming. When it feels like we may be alone, with everything…

There is a rather poignant Christmas story about a little girl who watched her mother & dad getting ready for Christmas . To her, it seemed that dad was preoccupied with burdens & bundles , & mom was concerned about parties & presents , & they just had no time for her . She felt that she was being shoved…

Introduction Welcome to Advent. A time of reflection on the Advent of the messiah coming into the world. For some of you Advent may be something new. Candles , singing, but during the next few weeks we are going to take some time and reflect upon the coming of Christ into the world. For the people back…

It was the dead of night. Most people were in their homes, asleep. Families all over Egypt had gone down for the night. But then the visitor came, with a deadly purpose. He was a destroyer, the angel of death. The visitor was on a mission from God. He swept across Egypt, calling on every house in Pharaoh’s…

Have you ever heard the song “Go Tell it on the Mountain?” some songs just make you HAPPY About the SHEPHERDS in the field: 8 That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep. Shepherds Not most respectable job Didn’t require advanced skills Job included: guarding…

If you have your Bible this morning, and I hope that you do… Turn with me to Luke chapter 24. And let me just quickly put a plug in here… If you do not have a Bible, please let me, or someone from our church know… We would love to put a Bible in your hands before you leave today. There’s nothing more…

Announcements Are there any announcements? Revelation Bible study Thursday 2/10 @ 6pm, hope to see you there! After next week’s service, we will have our annual business meeting after church. Communion Good morning and welcome to First Community Church where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one…

I pulled in to a gas station recently and my son made the comment that THIS IS GOING TO TAKE FOREVER! It’s hard to wait when you’re a kid. As a kid, I remember my mom telling my brothers and I to wait in the car while she ran into a store to return an item. And so, we waited, and waited, and waited!…