Tag: christmas
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Christmas Recordings 2017
Peace & Grace – Message for Christmas Day 2017 Pastor Megan Filer Readings: Isaiah 52:7-10 Psalm 98 Hebrews 1:1-4 *John 1:1-14 Display content from SoundCloud Click here to display content from SoundCloud. Learn more in SoundCloud’s privacy policy. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to load this content. Always display content from SoundCloud Open content…
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Advent Joy – Advent 3
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy. Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” ~Psalm 126:2 I love Advent. Like I really love Advent, it’s one of my favorite seasons in the church. And this coming Sunday is the third Sunday in Advent, the Sunday…
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Advent Peace – Advent 2
the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’” ~Mark 1:3 Oh what, John the Baptist crying out in the wilderness to prepare the way for the Lord doesn’t cry out “peace” to you? Okay, me neither. But this next Sunday is our second Sunday…
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Epiphany – Opening our Eyes to God
When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy. ~Matthew 2:10 The liturgical (church) season has changed once again. We are out of Advent, out of Christmas, and into the season of Epiphany. This is one of those few times during the year when my hair doesn’t match the stoles and paraments.…
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A Revelation New Year
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more,…
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Pastor Explains – Why are the Christmas Decorations Still Up?
So as I write this post, I am preparing for Christmas. I have let our maintenance crew, as well as the congregation, know that we will not be taking down Christmas decorations until January 12th. So my hope is, that when this post goes live a few days after Christmas, the decorations are in fact…
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Sing for Joy and for Sadness
O sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. ~Psalm 96:1 One of my favorite things about this season is the music. During the month before Christmas we sing songs that point to the coming of our Lord at Christmas, we hear Christmas and holiday songs on the radio, it…