Listen! God wants our attention!
Mark 4: 1-34 Parables of sower and mustard seed In the scriptures we learn from Jesus, as the disciples did, about parables. Jesus teaches in parable which requires us to listen AND pay attention. In the parables today, God is the sower and sows the Word. What we hear will
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Mark 2: 1-22 Jesus heals a paralytic and eats with a tax collector The scriptures remind us that there are some thing we shouldn’t do like put new wine in old wine skins. Sometimes we have to make decisions that may not be popular or expected. Sometimes we are called
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What will it take for us to truly believe in what God has proclaimed and called us to do? Shall we stand in disbelief as Zechariah did and end up rendered mute and unable to speak aloud? This story reminds us of the importance in listening to God and others,
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This Sunday is the Christmas Pageant. The Kids’ Church will lead us through the story of The Jesse Tree which tells the story leading up to Jesus Birth. It shares the story of the faithful people who came before. This will be a day of pageantry and joy as we
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Isaiah 40:1-11 • Promise of restoration After so many years of suffering the brutality of exile, the people of Israel are confronted with the prospect of restoration and a message of comfort from the Prophet. What a message of “Peace” for our second Sunday of Advent! Not such an easy
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2 Kings 22:1–10; 23:1–3 • Finding the book of the law The beginning of Advent is a time for repentance, longing, and new hope — the renewal of hope. The story in Kings of Josiah’s reform was just such a time — the rediscovery of the true foundation of the
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