Beloved,  our Christmas day service will be an enactment of the Christmas story!  Every time we approach this, may we see the depth of love from God to us through Jesus.  God breaks into his creation to save us!  Come Let us Adore him, Christ the Lord! Luke 2:1-7      In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to

Beloved,  In the days before Christmas we wait for Jesus to return.  So we live in Advent expectation! 1st Advent Sunday we anticipate our great high priest,  2nd Advent Sunday we listen to our true prophet,  3rd Advent Sunday we follow our one and only king who has come into the world.   4th Advent Sunday we look ahead to his coming again. in Revelation 19.  Come Lord Jesus! Revelation 19:6-21 6  Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing wate

Beloved followers of Christ,  In Advent, we anticipate our priest, we listen to our prophet, and this week, we follow our King Jesus.  Israel rejected God as king.  But God knew that they would still need him to be their king.  So Jesus is Born to be our King!  And we learn that he has always been our King forever.   1 Samuel 8:4-9, 19-22 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah;     5      and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown ol

Brothers and Sisters, Advent is about preparing for the coming of Jesus.  This week we learn that Jesus is our Prophet.  Prophets of old represent God and spoke his word.  God wants his people to listen to the prophet.  Jesus is our Prophet and more than a prophet, he is the word of God made flesh, who dwells among us.   Are we listening to the prophets?  Are we listening to Jesus the word of God?   Get ready, Jesus is coming.  Deuteronomy 18:14-19       14  “For those nation

Beloved, we will begin an new church year with Advent.  This is a time of expectation anticipating the  coming of the Lord.  Jesus came to save us, and he will come again to judge the earth.  We long for this day, when the world will be free from sin, death and decay.  In Advent we are going to look to Jesus as he has come to be our Priest, our Prophet, our King, and our coming Lord.  This week we will begin Advent anticipating Jesus our high priest to deliver us!   Zechariah