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Check it out here. Each week we'll update this page to let you know what our preacher will be speaking on.

Join us this Sunday, December 8th at 10:00am

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For a ​Service of Word & Prayer

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as Pastor Tom brings the message 

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Faith to Hear, Faith to Change

 

Welcome to the Season of Advent

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Advent is a season of expectation. It is the beginning of the Church year and a time when we look with Hope, Peace, Joy, Faith, and Love to the coming of Jesus the Christ. We prepare our hearts and homes for Christmas and the birth of the Christ-Child in the manger; the coming of the light, the hope of all the world. For this Advent season we're also having a bit of nostalgic fun and relating each of the four Sunday's to one of the four Pevensie siblings from C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia.

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This Sunday is the Second Sunday of Advent where we will focus on Faith. ​To help us with this we look to Luke 3:1-6. This passage, John the Baptist begins his ministry of proclaiming the coming of the Lord! "Prepare the way of the Lord and make straight the path." And we'll also look to Peter, the eldest Pevensie sibling from The Chronicles of Narnia, and how his faith manifested in the story. 

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  • How do we hear John the Baptist's words?

  • How does faith refine us as is spoken of by the prophet Malachi.

  • How do we understand God as having started a good work in us, as spoken about by the Apostle Paul in his letter the the Philippians? How does this speak to faith?

  • Is it important to have faith in one's self as well?

UPCOMING SCRIPTURES:​​

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Saturday, December 14th, 2:00pm:

A Blue Christmas

Matthew 11:28-30 - Jesus tells those who are weary they can find peace and rest in him. Blue Christmas is about recognizing the pain and hurt and loss experienced by many that often gets overshadowed by the "joy of the season". We hold seasonal pain and grief in sacred space acknowledging it is valid an worthy of lifting to God in the midst of Christmas.

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​​​​​​Sunday, December 15th: A Service of Lessons & Carols

Third Sunday of Advent

Selected Passages - Lessons & Carols is a worship experience that retells the story of Jesus coming into the world through the prophesies found in Scripture and through songs of the season.

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Sunday, December 22nd: Blessed is She Who Believed

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Luke 1:39-45 & Micah 5:2-5a - Elizabeth proclaims words of praise to God and blessing upon Mary, when Mary comes to visit. These women have been blessed by God and have their part in the story of salvation. As they accept God moving in their lives, they find their peace.

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Tuesday, December 24th, 7:00pm: King of Shepherds

Christmas Eve

Luke 2:1-20 & Isaiah 9:2-7 - The Christ-Child is born in Bethlehem among some of the lowliest. Heaven’s light in infant flesh. God come among us to teach us ways of hope, faith, joy, peace, and love.

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Sunday, December 29th: Christmas Time is Nigh

First Sunday of Christmas Season

Luke 2:41-52 - Jesus stays back in Jerusalem at the end of a pilgrimage to the temple. A twelve-year-old child (maybe) and he is found conversing with the wizened teachers of Israel and impressing them with is curiosity and insight. How do we take this story into our life of faith?

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