Thursday, December 24 at 5:00PM
Our annual Christmas Eve service will be in many ways familiar, and yet, in other ways very different. We will hear the familiar story of the coming of the Christ child, sing our favorite Christmas carols, celebrate communion, and raise our candles high during “Silent Night.” What will be different this year is that the service will be virtual, on our YouTube channel. As a faith family, we remain spiritually connected though we are physically distanced. It is our hope and prayer that you will find this Christmas Eve service to be an integral part of your celebration of Christmas this year – perhaps with friends and family in places scattered around the world! Though holiday traditions may need to be altered this year, due to the pandemic, let us all find ways make this a very special Christmas! Merry Christmas to you and yours! ![]() Zechariah was old, religious, and important. Mary was a young nobody from an insignificant locale. Both were approached by the angel Gabriel with news of a miraculous birth in their futures. Both asked Gabriel the same question: “How?” And yet, both of them received completely different responses from Gabriel. What made the difference? Perhaps we should shed some of our stuffiness and high-and-mighty-ness and embrace the wonder of Christmas. Rev. Tonja's sermon, "How?", is based on Luke 1:5-38, NRSV. Participate in worship on our YouTube channel beginning at 10:30AM. Sing along with the hymns and follow along with the virtual bulletin here. The liturgical calendar tells us this is Joy Sunday. But this year, we are all feeling a sense of loss and grief. How can we find and maintain our joy? How can we re-joy-ce?
Participate in worship on Sunday, December 13, and learn some key steps we can take to find our joy in this time. Rev. Tonja's sermon, "There is Joy!", is based on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24, The Message. Participate in worship on our YouTube channel beginning at 10:30AM. Sing along with the hymns and follow along with the virtual bulletin here. Mark is the shortest and the earliest of the four gospel texts, and Mark does not contain a birth story. The first eight verses of Mark tell us a lot about what kind of message to expect from the chapters that follow. In Jesus we find a new creation, a new exodus, and a new restoration of God’s people.
Rev. Tonja's sermon, "A New Creation, A New Exodus, A New Restoration", is based on Mark 1:1-8, CEB. Participate in worship on our YouTube channel beginning at 10:30AM. Sing along with the hymns and follow along with the virtual bulletin here. |
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