Glimmers of Christmas

Christmas Eve

December 24, 2024

So, what's all the noise about?

December 22, 2024 • Juno Smalley • Matthew 1:18–25

Matthew reminds us of why there is all the commotion with the birth of a baby http://boy.we need to ask ourselves would be in the position, or what do I need to do to be in the position to here from the Lord and respond to His calling on my life. We will reflect on numerous take aways: Trusting God’s Plan Even When It Doesn’t Make Sense:       Obedience to God, Even When It’s Difficult:         God’s Provision of Strength and Guidance:           The Promise of Jesus’ Salvation:                         Love: The Foundation of God’s Plan

What then is this Child going to be?

December 15, 2024 • Ryan Klement • Luke 1:57–79

John the Baptist is Born and His dad bursts into a prophetic proclamation about what God is doing through Jesus Christ the Messiah who is coming into the world. Our Sermon walks us through this passage and the powerful happenings to come at Christ’s birth, life and death. Through our Salvation in Christ, God calls us to experience a deep lasting peace.

Joy

December 8, 2024 • Juno Smalley

How many leave Jesus in the manger or forget Jesus brings joy to the world. How is it that we seem to loose our joy or can’t seem to get a handle on it? Joy is a word we use often but it’s meaning and application sort of floats around with no really purpose. We will take a deeper look at it as well as share some practical ways to make room for joy. We will also be reminded that: This season reminds us that joy and suffering are intertwined in the story of redemption, and indeed both often exist at that same time.

Welcome to the Journey of Waiting

December 1, 2024 • Erin Wood • Matthew 2:1–12

Today marks the beginning of Advent, the traditional season of hopeful anticipation leading toward Jesus’ birth on Christmas. In Advent we reflect on many different seasons of waiting: the world that waited eagerly for a Savior to be born, our own waiting as we anticipate God making all things new and freeing us from sin and pain, and the things we wait on God for in our own lives. Today’s sermon looks at the waiting of the three Magi, who took a journey and followed a star to find the newborn Jesus. While they faithfully journeyed in hopeful anticipation, it’s likely that their long travels to find Jesus were marked with difficulties too. What can we learn from the Magi’s journey of waiting, and how can we find glimmers of God’s presence, love, and faithfulness as we wait on him? SERMON SLIDES: The attached scripture & photo, please!