Are you tired of going nowhere in life? Do you feel frustrated by the endless brake lights, leaving you “stuck” and backed up? Then join us as we explore ways to avoid the delays and move intentionally into God’s expressway.
Get going by knowing and showing there is a better way!
Sundays at 8:15, 9:30 and 11:00am
Live Nativity – December 23 and 24
Presented by the Youth Group
Outside on the 23rd from 7 – 7:45 pm
In the Common Ground worship space on Christmas Eve after the 7:30 service
December 9, 2012: Joseph of Bethlehem: Journey of Trust – Matthew. 1:18-24
The Night Before Christmas says that the dreams were of “sugarplums that danced in their heads.” Don’t know about you but during the rush of Christmas my dreams are more nightmares and not sugarplums. For Joseph I think it was the same. Mary pregnant and it wasn’t his! His life over and dreams crushed! Now he is told “Don’t be afraid!” Trust is the word that Joseph had to learn so that there would be a Christmas.
I wonder do we TRUST that Christmas is love, peace and hope? Do we put our trust in the one who does the Impossible at Christmas? Let’s see how we can Trust Christmas!
Advent Sermon Series ~ Journeying to Bethlehem
Each Christmas is a journey! We make it from wherever we are to the manger. Mary and Joseph journeyed from Nazareth to Bethlehem on the First Christmas. What will our journey be like? Are there helps along the way? How do we really prepare to receive the King? Let’s see how we might journey together so that this Christmas we find the true reason for the season — the child Jesus!
Dec. 2 Sermon – Mary of Nazareth: Journey of Faith – Luke 1:26-38
Christmas is about miracles, love, giving, family, friends, presents. But the first Christmas didn’t have any of these but a miracle and love. For Mary, Christmas was a surprise that required of her a lot of FAITH. How many of us would believe an angel? How could we even know what an angel is and looks like? And the message, a virgin will birth a baby? Now that does take FAITH! Let’s learn from Mary about how FAITH is needed and helps to bring about a holy Christmas for each of us.
This sermon is now available on the Pender Sermon Podcast series and on the home page of PenderUMC.org
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