The season of Christmas has 12 days. (In fact, the 12 Days of Christmas was a subversive teaching of the beliefs of the Church.) Therefore there are 2 Sundays that we celebrate Christmas. This year’s series is called “Jesus is King?” Click here to read more posts about this series.——Week 1 – Dec. 26 – […]
Here are some questions that we asked in our meetings about our Christmas series: Jesus is King? — what is king in our life? what does a good kingdom follower look like? do people take orders? who do they allow to give orders? what dictates our actions and the way we live our lives? consumerism? […]
The series title we came up with for the 2 Sundays of Christmas was “Jesus is King?” The question is 2-fold: 1) How is this little baby a king? He’s not what we were expecting. Why is this the way the Messiah came to us? 2) What does it mean for a 21st century person […]
Hey everyone, I thought I’d go ahead and list out a few Advent/Christmas CDs that I have gathered over the years to help give you some new options for the classics. I know we’re only spending a few weeks doing Christmas songs but it’s nice to get some new arrangements for these old songs. First […]
Last week, Jon shared with us some links to some great resources for the Christian Seasons, as well as some specific thoughts on a couple of the passages in Advent. Explanation of Advent Week 1 – Isaiah 2 Week 4 – Isaiah 7 Christmas Epiphany Lent Eastertide You can also find more by clicking the […]
This year, as we go through the church calendar, we are going to do a journal for each of the seasons. Sometimes they will basically just list the scripture and then an easy guide to reflection, and then some space to write. Other times, we may have more of a devotional style book. We can […]
we’re going to be following the sermon ideas lined out by preacher’s magazine. We’re gonna be calling it “character’s welcome” kind of a take on the USA Network slogan. 1 – Elizabeth and Zechariah (Luke 1:5-25)2 – Mary (Luke 1:26-56)3 – Joseph (Matthew 1)4 – The Shephards (Luke 2:8-20)5 – The Angels (Luke 2:9-14) you […]
