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This morning we lit the candle of Joy. We receive Christmas cards with the word JOY prominently written across the front. We sings carols with the word Joy in them. And yet... And yet… for many the holiday season is not one that is necessarily a happy time. Many this season will experience their first…

The Gifts of Christmas Advent Series Sermon 2: The Gift of Love What would this season be without the Christmas songs and carols? This evening we are going to play a little game. It’s called “Name That Christmas Song.” I’ll read a phrase from a well-known holiday song, and you try to think of the song…

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…

Prayer Merry Christmas, Gateway Chapel! If we haven’t met, my name is Chris, I’m the pastor of this lovely church family that gathers in this building. Whether you are a part of this church family or visiting this Christmas Eve, whether you are joyful this morning and full of energy, or whether you are…

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…

And in the same area there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And then an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were very afraid. But the angel said to them, “Listen! Do not fear. For I bring you good news…

We are reminded that God graciously comes to us to save His people from their sins. We are encouraged to not divorce ourselves from the miracle, to allow it to change our lives.

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.…

Clearly we are well into this season we call Advent. We have explored the topics of Hope and Peace, and today we’re looking at Joy. Joy is at the center of the story of Christmas. We read last week from Luke 2 , where the angel of the Lord appeared to the Shepherds in the field and said, Luke 2:10 Luke…

Charlie Brown Christmas Video That’s the real story of Christmas. Jesus. He came to us. He demonstrated His love for us. He invited us to be a part of His life. This morning, we may have already experienced Christmas. The: Parties Family gatherings Decorations Gifts Food Serving the needy We’ve all experienced…

Advent – The Announcement Luke 2:14 It was, by far, the most important event ever, accompanied by the most important song ever, that contained the most important announcement ever. I want to get you to think with me about this very familiar, one sentence hymn that is found in Luke 2:14 — “Glory to God…

[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…

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 Star: A Journey of Love [Show Love Bumper video.] Welcome to the fourth Sunday of Advent. What an amazing season it is as we journey together toward Christmas. As we began our Advent season weeks ago, we talked a little bit about the word advent , which is a version of a Latin term meaning “coming.”…

Welcome Good morning once again, today we are at the start of the new church year, with the beginning of Advent. 1 Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you! 2 As when fire sets twigs ablaze and causes water to boil, come down to make your name known…

The Newborn King. The Journey of Joy Today is the third Sunday of Advent, and we are glad you’re here journeying with us through this season. If you haven’t been with us the past couple of weeks, we have been walking through the season of Advent. It’s a season of preparation and expectation and purposeful…

The angels who announced the birth of Jesus give us two keys as to what Christmas is all about: Glorifying God and finding true peace.

Intro Joke - It’s okay to be frugal, but sometimes frugality borders on being a cheapskate? How many of you know someone who is a cheapskate? How many of you are a cheapskate? You know you’re a cheapskate if : 1. you have ketchup, mustard, or mayonnaise from fast food restaurants in your refrigerator.…

Prayer Let’s pray. Preamble When considering what to bring out of the Christmas story I had one word that kept coming back to me again and again. I had no idea how I would deal with it, but of all the words I could have chosen to focus on, this seemed the most important and is at the very heart of what…

This week is Thanksgiving week, a holiday not shared in the rest of the world. Every year people seem to let Christmas jump ahead of Thanksgiving, but we are going to do our best to honor the spirit of the holiday. Thanksgiving is a time to pause and give thanks to God for his provision, his blessings,…

The Star: A Journey of Joy [Show Joy Bumper video.] Today is the third Sunday of Advent, and we are glad you’re here journeying with us through this season. If you haven’t been with us the past couple of weeks, we have been walking through the season of Advent. It’s a season of preparation and expectation…

Pray. Deep inside your rib cage, there is an organ that is responsible for carrying blood to every other part of your body. We call it your heart. The Hebrew people understood the heart as being both your emotion and your intellect. The word was meant to describe your inner self, something you had control…

This has been an interesting week for Tanya and me. You see, she got sick with a bug that left her exhausted and weak; something similar to what I experienced a couple months ago. Nothing serious. But in light of the environment we live in today where everyone automatically thinks COVID, she’s laying…

Learn about the incredible person God promised to send to set creation right again.

Ah the fourth Sunday of Advent. Our waiting is almost complete. The light of the world is indeed coming, and we know that his coming is near. Are we prepared? Are we ready? Last minute preparations abound. How’s my heart? How’s my soul? How’s my thought life? Am I focused or am I scatter brained - for…