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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…

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…

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.…

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…

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.

Introduction 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 15 He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. 1 But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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.…

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…

Our Scripture lesson this morning is taken from Luke 1:67-80 : And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,…

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…

(S1) — Big gift What is the one thing you want that would make this the best Christmas ever? Top Christmas gifts of 2021 — Bombas, Massage Guns, Rechargeable Electric Hand Warmer, Slimline wallet, Crocs, Apple air-tag, everything electronic... (S2) As I get older, having TBCE has little to do with things,…

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,…

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,…

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…

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.…

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…

(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…

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…

9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Jesus brings righteousness 2 Cor 5:21 “21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew…

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…