Sermons on Advent 2021
The Promise Week Four
God’s promise in Isaiah is that He would come to dwell with His people and to rescue them. This is fulfilled in the birth of Jesus Christ, who is known as Immanuel, God with us. Jesus made a great sacrifice, giving up the splendors of heaven to come to earth. But He did more than just live among us, because of His great love, He provided a way for us to have eternal life. Jesus became the Savior of the…
The Promise Week Three
God would prepare the way for Christ’s birth through his cousin John. John’s unlikely conception and birth bring his father Zechariah great joy because this child would be one crying in the wilderness, preparing the way for the Messiah’s coming.
The Promise Week Two
God promised in Isaiah that a day was coming when the Messiah would come and usher in a government of peace. The angels bring good news to the lowly shepherds and confirm that a new and unexpected way to govern was coming to pass that would indeed bring peace on earth.
The Promise Week One
God was offering His people hope in Isaiah 9:2 by promising a light that would come to expel the darkness. Simeon’s encounter with the baby Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s promise to bring salvation to all people. Simeon had the audacity to hope that God would come through, even after years of waiting
Hanging of the Greens Service 2021
Join us at 6:30pm on November 28th, 2021 as we begin Advent and celebrate the timeless tradition of “the hanging of the greens.” Bulletin Welcome and Announcements Prelude Bringing in the Light of Christ Call to Worship Leader: In the days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hill; all nations stream to it. Many people shall come saying, All: Let us go up…