O Christmas (Faith)Tree is something very special: a celebratory service at 7:00 p.m. that interweaves favorite Christmas carols and songs — both old and new and in a range of styles — with the story of Christmas that runs from Genesis through Revelation.
During Advent, we all excitedly look towards celebrating Jesus’s birth. However, suddenly it is December 26 and the world resets to its ordinary preoccupations. That’s what is wonderful about observing the Twelve Days of Christmas: it helps us keep reflecting on God’s grace and the miracle of Christmas after the busyness of Christmas Day is past.
Join Pastor Tim as we begin a new series, “The Weary World Rejoices” and look at the hope in Isaiah 11 of God’s cure for a world deathly ill with sin.
Jim and Lisa Krenning will begin our adventure through Advent, a time of preparation before Christmas, by sharing a few of the Bible’s promises about the Messiah and then lighting the first candle on our Advent wreath.
Pastor Steve thinks about what it really means to have “Christmas Spirit.” Is it more than just feeling festive?
Every Sunday evening, we’ll share an Advent Candle lighting that includes a member of the community sharing some of the promises of Scripture that help us to prepare for Christmas. Come to our site or or social media pages each Sunday night at 7:30 pm to take part. You can even set up an Advent Wreath of your own and share the candle lighting with your family, if you would like, following along as we do it.
Christmas, the story of Immanuel, was an invitation to a people in exile to come together as a family again. God became flesh to dwell among us in order for us to be at home with Jesus. In this season, our invitation from God is to come back home.
Pastor Tim wraps up our series Go looking at the crucial promise of the Great Commission: Jesus goes with us.
Pastor Steve encourages us to meditate on the good things God has done in our lives in a difficult year that parallels the early Thanksgiving celebrations.
Join us as Pastor Tim turns to Psalm 50:23 in preparation for Thanksgiving and then talks about what is coming up for Christmas to help us prepare to celebrate the birth of our Savior.