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Introduction: Christmas is a time where we love to sing the carols. They remind us of happy memories and moments of Christmas’s past. My wife and I recently started a devotion leading up to Christmas that examines the message in the Christmas carols. Did you know that most of our most beloved carols…

Isaiah 11:1-11 We have been looking at a couple of the carols we sing as compared to scripture. Today we look at the Carol: O Come, O Come Emmanuel. This is a very beautiful carol with a haunting melody. It has many verses, but we are going to look at just three for times sake. Emmanuel is the name prophesied…

You and I are INVITED … as we look at this divine invitation, we started by looking at THE TIME… realizing Christ came at the right time! A MERRY CHRISTMAS was defined: It is a pleasure to declare the Messiah has been sent! Which indicates the next part of the invitation to consider… THE PLACE… Among…

Introduction 1818 - near Salzburg, Austria a young priest Josef Mohr was walking home after a play that reenacted Christ’s birth looked out a peaceful winter scene and penned the words to what would become one of the most beloved Christmas carols around the world. He went to the church organist Franz…

A couple weeks ago I asked about our favorite Christmas songs/carols. This season I have been paying more attention to the lyrics. Though the words are not new to us I am finding hope, peace, and even this day joy in them. I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, and wild and…

A Promise Jesus has been born in Bethlehem it is now 40 days later and Jesus is brought to the temple As the first born of Mary He is presented to God this is the promised Messiah For a child has been born for us; a son has been given to us. And the dominion will be on his shoulder, and his name is called…

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Welcome Welcome! We’re so glad that you are here tonight. Whether you be here in our sanctuary, out in our parking lot, or perhaps you’re listening online. Welcome. This is a special time of year. Christmas. It’s shrouded in wonder - the wonder of children and their eyes popping out with excitement as…

Welcome Good morning and welcome once again. Today, it is incredible to believer, we are at the start of the Advent season! As we have mentioned already, Advent is the time that we prepare our hearts for an “arrival,” someone is coming and we need to get ready. Some of you likely did some preparing this…

Membership A. This morning we have the pleasure of receiving and welcoming a new member. 1. We are going to publicly welcome our newest member, Carol Abel… B. I have had opportunity to welcome many members over the almost 12 years that I have been pastor here. 1. Praise God! C. I wish I could tell you…

The Story of Jesus' birth told through scripture and carols.

The cute Baby Jesus. The peaceful nativity scene The amazed Mary The protective and trusting Joseph The curious shepherds The glancing animals All of these are pictures our minds conjure up when we think of the Christmas story this time of year. Have you seen the little nativity scenes? Even the world…

If you remember last year, I did cover a little story about the Shepherds. Shepherds in the Christmas narrative have a special place in my life. You see, I was usually type cast growing up in the children’s Christmas program as the shepherd. I have often wondered why I was type cast as a shepherd. Maybe…

Introduction Ebeneezer Scrooge - people who don’t decorate. Scrooge, from the Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol. A story written to remind his reader not to miss out on the joy of Christmas. Our expectation is that for a time of the year for us to shut out some of the negativity and have it replaced…

I’ve told this story before. I like it so much that I wanted to tell it again. On Christmas Eve night 1914 something amazing happened. Something that still has the world scratching its head. It was at the beginning of WWI and there was a fierce battle going on in Belgium between the French and the English…

Sermon Title: Certain Faith for Uncertain Times Series: Advent in Luke's Gospel: Let's Meet Jesus Sermon Passage: Luke 1:1-4 Scripture Reader: Chris Peters Introduction Good morning. I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving. As our minds turn to celebrating the birth of our Savior during this Christmas…

We are all searching for something. The ads have told us so. Maybe we have been poked and prodded to “make a list”. Our politicians tell us we are searching for their leadership. May I ask this evening, “what are you searching for?” Our world is hurting. We have drugs, disease, division and pain all…

What Child Is This? The second in the four part series of what child is this will focus upon two figures. Both figures stories have been told countless times throughout our lives. The figures are Mary and the Angel. Let’s look first at the Angel. Angel Have you every thought what it would be like to…

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha , and Evangeline . He was the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy . Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, . He was a man who felt and loved deeply. And…

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…

Prince of Peace

Order of Service Welcome - Christmas Day Hymn - Reading - In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from…

The First Nöel we’ve all heard the song haven’t we? “The First Noel the angels did say was to certain poor shepherds in fields where they lay” Did you know this is a very old song? It was first sung outside churches, somewhere around the 13th or 14th centuries in Cornwall - that’s south east England.…

“the annointed one, the leader appointed by God to carry out the special mission of redemption and liberation.” - Millard J. Erickson Three questions this text will answer: What is the source of our help? What is this King like? What will a world under the hand of God’s blessing look like? There shall…

I don’t know what you favorite Christmas movie is. Perhaps its “It’s a wonderful life” or “White Christmas” or “A Christmas Story” or “Elf” perhaps “Die Hard”. Have you ever thought about what it is about these movies that make them so iconic and special for this time of year? In each story, the stage…