Do You Need Hope this Christmas?

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Do You Need Hope this Christmas?

November 27, 2022 • Ivey Rhodes • Isaiah 9:1–7

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Christmas is a wonderful time of year... for some. Others are facing a really difficult time. But regardless of our current circumstances, we all need hope. This Christmas find hope not in the things of the world but in Christ. This week pastor Ivey brings us to a powerful passage in Isaiah about hope in a really dark time.

Love Is Born

December 18, 2022 • Ivey Rhodes • 1 Corinthians 13

We use the word love in a lot of different ways. We love our family but we also love tacos? And we do love them, but we mean it in very different ways. Greek, on the other hand, has four different words for love. This week we look at one of the four words for love used in the Bible. We focus on the word most often used by Jesus when he described his salvation mission. On this fourth week of Advent, pastor Ivey shows us that love was born.

Joy Beyond Circumstances

December 11, 2022 • Ivey Rhodes • Luke 1:39–45

What is the most joy you have ever experienced on Christmas? Maybe it was a gift you received or the company of a loved one you haven't seen in a while. Christmas can be full of joy, but not everyone sees it that way. Some just don't care about the holiday. It's December for them. Others deeply miss those they've lost this time of year. Let's admit it, Christmas can be complicated. Yet, in the midst of all the complications, we can have joy. This week pastor Ivey turns to the Christmas story to show us where to find joy when we don't feel it.

Peace on Earth? This Christmas?

December 4, 2022 • Ivey Rhodes • Luke 2:14

Christmas is supposed to be about Jesus, peace in flesh, arriving on earth. But if you look around, things are not so peaceful. We have wars, rumors of wars, political fights, culture wars, and then all the chaos that comes with the season: Concerts, parties, presents, debt, trees, decorations... How can we have peace this season!? If you need peace this Christmas, pastor Ivey gives us two important ways the Prince of Peace brought peace to earth on that holy night.