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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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

God created the world, He said that it is very good. Then He created man, man was very good. Man walked and lived in the light of God until one day when we fell to the wiles of the devil. When man desired to be like God more than we enjoyed being with God. We fell into darkness. There was hope that was…

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…

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…

Welcome & Announcements Welcome - candle of hope is already lit... Land Acknowledgment - during Advent, we wait Announcements: Christmas Events: Christmas Tales Christmas Dinner Christmas Eve Two options: Outdoor Children’s Service Indoor Christmas Eve Service Hampers Benevolence Call to Worship - a…

This was one of those weeks that left me feeling like we are surrounded by problems that no one can fix. Everything is broken and you could run around all day trying to avenge every injustice and rescue all the lost people and wear yourself out trying to show others how to live right. And maybe accomplish…

The Story of P.T. Barnum It was the year 1820 A. D. Ten-year-old Phineas was about to see the island—his island! The day he was born, his grandfather presented newborn Phineas with a deed—a deed to some land in Connecticut called Ivy Island. Now, for the first time, Phineas was going to see and play…

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 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…

We come to the end, we have looked at: The destruction of Jerusalem and how within that there is the fulfillment of the abomination of desolation, great tribulation, the sign of this being the vindication of Jesus, how all of these things took place within the lifespan of the disciples as Jesus said…

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,…

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…

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…

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John 3:16-21 As we continue through the advent season, we are now looking at the love of God. We can see the love of God being present as we move forward to the time of Christmas. The time when God demonstrated his love by sending His only son for our redemption. As we look foreward to the second advent…

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…

Jesus shows us in the way he arrives at Christmas that he shows up in our very ordinary world; and God continues to show up in our ordinary world today.

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…

They called Hetty Green “The Witch of Wall Street.” She died in 1916, leaving behind an estate valued at over one billion dollars. Even accounting for inflation, a billion dollars is still a lot of money, but in 1916, it was an almost unimaginable amount. You would think that with this much money, Hetty…

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…

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…