Midweek Message: Christmas Traditions

December 22, 2021

This Sunday is:

The 1^st Sunday of Christmas

This week’s sermon will be:

The Final Word

This week’s readings are:

Exodus 13:1-3a, 11-15

Colossians 3:12-17

Luke 2:22-40

Psalm 111

Message:

Christmas is a Time of Family Traditions

Christmas Eve – Trans-Siberian Orchestra on 98.5 WNCX

Traditions that Focus Us On our Faith
-        Heritage of Faith

o   Dad’s Bible

o   Father-in-Law’s Hymnal

o   Grandfather’s Prayer – From Heaven Above to Earth I Come v. 13

        Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child,
    Make Thee a bed, soft, undefiled,
    Within my heart, that it may be
    A quiet chamber kept for Thee.

 

Twelve Days!

Traditions – Old and New
-        Grateful Participants
-        Not Laws or Burdens
-        Reminders, Touchstones
-        Point Us to Jesus