Midweek Messages
November 24, 2021
This week’s sermon will be:
Watch!
This week’s readings are:
Message:
Happy
Thanksgiving!
Entering
a New Church Year
-
Three
Year Lectionary
o
Flows
from the Gospel readings
§
Last
year – Mark
§
This
year - Luke
o
Strengths
§
Read
more of the Bible.
§
More
texts to explore for preaching – especially the Epistles/Letters
o
Weaknesses
§
Advent
I – Either Palm Sunday or the same reading from a different Gospel.
·
Compare
Luke 21:25-36 to Mark 13:24-37
§
Sunday
of the Passion instead of Palm Sunday to start Holy Week
§
Read
more of the Bible
·
Which
is better?
o
To
know less more deeply, or …
o
To
know more less deeply?
Advent
-
Not
Christmas, but preparing for Christmas
-
The
word means, “Coming” or “Arriving”
-
God’s
people wait
o
Wait
for Christmas – the coming of the promised savior
o
Wait
for the Second Coming – the final judgement, the resurrection, new creation
o
Key
words: Wait, Watch, Prepare
Waiting,
Watching and Preparing for Christ to Come
-
A
Morning and Evening Moment
o
Make
the Sign of the Cross and say, “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Spirit. Amen.”
§
Why?
§
Remember
your baptism – your identity.
§
Hear
God’s Word.
o
Say
the Apostles’ Creed
§
Why?
§
It
is a retelling of what God has done – His identity.
§
A
Summary of God’s Word
o
Pray
the Lord’s Prayer
§
Why?
§
God’s
command and promise.
§
Our
need.
§
Jesus
teaches us how to pray – including what God’s wants us to ask for.
-
Midweek
Services
o
December
1 & 8
o
Messages
around songs by Michael Card
-
Christmas
Cantata
o
December
15
o
“The
Song Heard ‘Round The World.”
-
“Christmas:
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
o
Sunday
morning study
o
Gill
Solem and Jen Lovesy
-
Gather
around the Word and Sacraments
Sharing
a little silliness: Gobble Gobble by Matthew West
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