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The Gifts of Christmas Advent Series Sermon 1: The Gift of Hope Do you ever feel like Charlie Brown? In the midst of the Christmas decorations that have been up since Halloween, the Christmas songs stuck in your head, the lights and shopping and cookies and parties—do you ever want to just stand up and…

Advent is a time of preparation. We prepare for the coming of Jesus. And we can think about that as a very distant thing. We read our Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, reading from Isaiah, the Apostle Paul, and one of the Gospels, typically Matthew or Luke since they cover the birth narratives,…

Today marks the first Sunday of the season of Advent. “it [is] a time of expectancy and preparation for Jesus’s arrival—which happened first in the incarnation (Jesus’s birth) and will happen again at his return. For some, Advent is a reminder to find rest in a season notoriously wrought with materialism,…

The Newborn King Welcome to the first Sunday of Advent. What an amazing season it is as we journey together toward Christmas. The word advent is a version of a Latin term which means “coming.” So we use these weeks leading up to Christmas as a chance to look forward to our celebration of the arrival…

Pastoral Prayer Announcements New Giving Solution Advent Giving Membership Class Scripture Intro Have you ever misjudged someone because of where they were from? Maybe you had a neighbor who said they were from Capitol Hill in Seattle but then found out they drive an F-150. Or you had a coworker who’s…

The Gifts of Christmas Advent Series Sermon 3: The Gift of Joy Today as we get started talking about the next gift of Christmas in our Advent series. So let’s sing together that wonderful Christmas hymn “Hakuna Matata.” What you ask? You don’t know that one? You know, “Hakuna matata , the Lord is come.…

Advent is here. Today marks the 1st Sunday in Advent. For churches that follow a liturgical calendar it is also the “new year” for them. Advent looks back. We look back to the birth of Jesus. Advent looks forward. We look forward to his coming in the manger but also His coming in the clouds at the end.…

Welcome... Introduce self... Pray... At that time there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him and had revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.…

Prepare Christ’s path! Goal: That hearers understand confession of sins and trusting in baptismal grace as the daily rhythm of the Christian life. Grace, mercy and peace to you... For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the…

Countdown Video Thank you for joining Faith Vision Christian Ministries Faith Vision i s a Christian church, based on the Word of God. We are a training ground for all things Jesus Christ. loving God , Loving People living by faith Thank you for joining us today , Please set everything aside as we come…

Pastoral Prayer One of the things we regularly do is take time on Sunday mornings to hear from and pray for our missionaries we support as a church family. This morning we’re focusing on Gene and Anne Poppino with Cadence International. Gene come on up! Gene Talk - What have you been up to lately? How…

Life is short. The sooner this powerful, yet simple, truth is grasped the greater the change we can have. Kids don’t stay kids for long. We do not like to wait. Does anyone really like to wait? I don’t at times. We talk about patience being a virtue but the reality is many of us do not want the virtue.…

We are continuing our series on Advent. As we saw last week it is unusual for a Baptist Church to celebrate Christmas using the word Advent. But the word advent just simply means the coming of a notable Person, thing or event. And as such we are celebrating the coming of the Lord in the past, present…

Where Is the Mountain of the LORD? Grace to you and peace, from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Happy New Year!! This is the First Sunday in Advent, the beginning of a brand new Church year, where the Church of Christ looks to Jesus who is reigning as King of kings and…

The prophet Micah gives us a glimpse into the renewed world which follows the coming of God’s Messiah; it is a glimpse that helps give direction for us today.

Advent as if a cheer Once finished, ask the question, “What’s that spell?” Then ask, “What’s that mean?” Odds are there will be a humorous silence. Say: “Advent comes from the Latin word adventus and means arrival or appearance. During these next four weeks of Advent, we are going to be celebrating and…

(S1) — JOY to the World... “10 the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid! I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people.” Sometimes Joy can be difficult to find unless we are looking for it MOVIE “SHIFT”—Joy in the midst of chaos …experiencing a time of joy, prior to it life was either…

We live in a time of technological advancement. I had the discussion just the other day about computers. The smart phone, something that most of us have did not appear on the market until the early 90’s, and the iphone which has become ubiquitous as a cell phone did not appear until 2007. These phones…

Love In Swaddling Clothes Welcome to the fourth Sunday of Advent. What an amazing season it is as we journey together toward Christmas. And so we use these weeks leading up to Christmas as a chance to look forward with great expectation to the coming of Christ as we embark on a journey of hope, love,…

Isaiah Chapter 9 is where we will be today, but it will take us a little while to get there if you want to go ahead and open your bibles there, just to have it in front of you. Introduction Well we made it. Here we are, coming into the last month of what has been one wild year. Back in the beginning…

Our Scripture lesson this morning is Luke 1:5-25 : In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments…

Luke 21:25-36 Today we will start a new series I am just simply entitling Advent. The Word advent is used throughout Western Christianity to speak of the season of Christmas, as especially the commemoration of the birth of Jesus. Baptist churches do not traditionally use the term advent in their worship,…

Well… Here we are, the first day of Advent. This year we are going to survey the four gospel accounts of Christ’s birth… We will begin today with the gospel of Mark. Mark is considered the first gospel to be written… and — I don’t know if you noticed, but — it’s the shortest! Do you know what Mark has…

Ever gaze in WONDER at the beauty of…stars, creation...? Slow down…Look even more intently at the WONDER of Christmas…? SILENT NIGHT — Christmas Eve — Candlelight I need Christmas more than ever this year! How about you? Advent — The wonder of PEACE, JOY, LOVE, GIFT... The PROPHETS — The wonder of the…

[Show Hope Bumper video.] Welcome to the first Sunday of Advent. What an amazing season it is as we journey together toward Christmas. The word advent is a version of a Latin term which means “coming.” So we use these weeks leading up to Christmas as a chance to look forward to our celebration of the…