From the order of worship for the second Sunday of Advent (Year C) VOICE: Last Sunday we lit the first candle in our Advent Wreath, the candle of hope. We light it again as we remember that Christ, who was born in Bethlehem, will come again to fulfill all of God’s promises to us. The
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First Sunday of Advent Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Luke 21:25-26 Don’t brush this off: I’m not just saying this for some future generation, but for this one, too — these things will happen. Sky and earth will wear out; my words won’t wear out. (Verse 33)
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May God our Creator and our Sovereign Jesus clear the road to you! And may the Savior pour on the love so it fills your lives and splashes over on everyone around you, just as it does from us to you. May you be infused with strength and purity, filled with confidence in the presence
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First Sunday of Advent Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Luke 21:25-26 Don’t brush this off: I’m not just saying this for some future generation, but for this one, too — these things will happen. Sky and earth will wear out; my words won’t wear out. (Verse 33)
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From the order of worship for the first Sunday of Advent (Year C) VOICE: Today is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent means “coming” and in this season we prepare for the coming of Christ. One of the ways we prepare for his coming is by making an Advent wreath and lighting its candles to
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You have heard that it was said, “Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.” But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as
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Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Romans 5:1-6, 20-21 All that passing laws against sin did was produce more lawbreakers. But sin didn’t, and doesn’t, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it’s sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. All sin can do is threaten
Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: James 2:14-26 The very moment you separate body and spirit, you end up with a corpse. Separate faith and works and you get the same thing: a corpse. (Verse 26)
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Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: James 2:14-26 The very moment you separate body and spirit, you end up with a corpse. Separate faith and works and you get the same thing: a corpse. (Verse 26)
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Make a clean break with all cutting, backbiting, profane talk. Be gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you. (Ephesians 4:31-32)
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