Epiphany 1 01-09-22
The First Sunday after Epiphany January 9, 2022 Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Jesus of Nazareth Becomes Jesus the Christ! The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Christ. John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one more powerful than I will come, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork…
New Year’s Day January 2, 2022
New Year’s Day January 2, 2022 Luke 2:21 Who Are You? On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived. (NIV1984) Dear fellow worshipers of the Child of Bethlehem, There is a story about a 13-year-old orphan who was about to be adopted. He had been abandoned as an infant and no one knew who his parents were. …
Christmas Day December 26, 2021
Christmas Day December 26, 2021 John 1:1-14 God’s Christmas Presence to You In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. There came a…
The Fourth Sunday in Advent December 19, 2021
The Fourth Sunday in Advent December 19, 2021 Romans 16:25-27 As the Advent Children of God— We Wait Giving Glory to God! Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God; so that all nations might believe and obey him—to the…
The Third Sunday in Advent December 12, 2021
The Third Sunday in Advent December 12, 2021 I Thessalonians 5:16-24 As the Advent Children of God— We Wait with Resolve! Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not put out the Spirit’s fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May…
The Second Sunday of Advent December 5, 2021
The Second Sunday in Advent December 5, 2021 2 Peter 3:8-14 As the Advent Children of God— We Patiently Wait for Peace! But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But…
First Sunday in Advent November 28, 2021
The First Sunday in Advent November 28, 2021 I Corinthians 1:3-9 As the Advent Children of God— We Eagerly Wait for Our Lord Jesus Christ to be Revealed! Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way—in all your speaking and in all your knowledge— because our testimony about…
Christ the King Sunday November 21, 2021
Christ the King Sunday November 21, 2021 Revelation 1:4b-8 Our King Is Our Faithful Witness! Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and…
Saints Triumphant Sunday November 14, 2021
Saints Triumphant Sunday November 14, 2021 Daniel 12:1-3 The Triumph of the Saints— Shining Like the Stars! “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting…
Sunday of Last Judgment November 7 2021
Sunday of Last Judgment November 7, 2021 Hebrews 9:24-28 Our God Remembers Our Sin No More! For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. Then Christ would have…