Epiphany 2011 | Vegas Commercials via YouTube

Here are some of the Vegas Commercials if you wanted to use any of them during the series.  Some of them are probably not usable due to content but we’ve posted them all for you to watch. What Happens Here 1Pearly Gates – Vegas trip pages missing from “God’s book” What Happens Here 2Angel and […]

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Christmas 2010 | Week-to-Week

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 – […]

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Christmas 2010 | Notes

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? […]

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Epiphany 2011 | Week-to-Week

After 2 Sundays of Christmas, we begin a season called Epiphany.  It’s a season that deals with Christ revealing who he is.  Last year, we stayed in the Gospel passages which makes it real easy to see Jesus.  This year however, we will be in 1st Corinthians (for the majority of the time). A couple […]

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Advent 2010 | Christmas Don’t Be Late

The mirage of Christmas promises happiness but rarely delivers. It has come to be a time where we add the pressure of the season on top of our already busy lives leaving us limping through the days, crushed by the weight of expectation. In the end, presents are opened. Christmas is over…finally. We desperately need […]

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Advent 2010 | Songs

Here are a list of songs that some of us have put together to be good worship songs for Advent.  Again, holding off on most Christmas songs till it’s actually Christmas.  You should be able to purchase most of these on iTunes and I found many of them on YouTube as well. A Few Songs […]

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Christmas 2010 | Jesus is King?

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 […]

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Advent 2010 | Week-to-Week

One of main things we talked about throughout our planning was to start with the corporate aspect.  Don’t always jump to the individual response first.  What is it that “we” are to do in response to each passage?  So keep that in mind. Also, Jon wanted to point out the difference between foretelling and forthtelling. […]

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Fresh Arrangements for Advent/Christmas

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 […]

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Advent 2010 | Notes on Advent Discussion

Some things to think about as we read and prepare to lead our people through these passages: What does it mean that “all creation” is reconciled to God? What is power? What is the gospel? freedom, good news, The Story, Jesus Himself is the Gospel, He is God’s Word What is evil in our world […]

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