Midweek Messages
December 1, 2021
This week’s sermon will be:
Prepare
This week’s readings are:
Message:
A perennial question: Can’t we just sing Christmas carols?
Can/Can’t – these are strong words for people who are free in Jesus.
Check out The Antidote to “Sadvent” by Prof. Ken Sundet Jones.
Advent is a time of anticipation.
- Joy
- Excitement
- Hope
- Expectation
Hymns
- Dance – On Jordan’s Bank & Lift Up Your Heads Ye Mighty Gates
- Hopeful – Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus & Comfort, Comfort Ye My People
- Mystery? – The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns
- Defiant Proclamation of the Gospel – Savior of the Nations, Come
These are good … too good to just rush past.
Christmas is good too … the celebration of the Incarnation.
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Jesus comes in His body and blood in the Lord’s
Supper
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So, we’ll sing Christmas Hymns during the
distribution.
Devotions? In the Car?
- Sing what you want!
- Keep the big picture:
o The Manger is empty.
o The Cross is empty.
o The Tomb is empty.
o We aren’t waiting for Christmas. We are waiting for Jesus!
Advent Services
- December 1 & 8 – Noon & 7 p.m.
Christmas Cantata
- December 15 – 7 p.m.
There is a rumor that we’ve never done Advent Services.
- We have as long as I’ve been here. (Almost 11 years now!)
- They’re good.
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