Wednesday, December 31, 2014

"In the beginning was the Word ..."   ~ John 1:1  
January 4,2015

Creation is an ongoing act of God.  Unleashed in the beginning, the creating power of God continues to bring forth new form and meaning in all the world, in all life; all the while, continuing to reveal the goodness of God.  In scope it's as vast as the accelerating expansion of the universe, and as intimate as the growth in grace and wisdom we experience in daily living.  John's Gospel reveals the incarnation of Christ as a new genesis in the ongoing creating work of God.  The wisdom of God is celebrated as unconquerable light shining in the darkness and as the One who comes to continue that work of revelation and creation in the lives of all who will follow.  In Christ, we too are a new creation.  The old is gone; the new has come.

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Sunday, December 28, 2014

"Let Us Sing"
The first Sunday of Christmas

 First Reading: Isaiah 61:10-62:3
Second Reading: Galatians 4:4-7
Gospel: Luke 2:22 - 40

Pastor Lynnae tells us about Simeon's song

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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

"Christ is Born"



May God bless you with hope, peace, joy and love this Christmas Season and in the coming year!

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Sunday, December 21, 2014

LOVE
"A New Light is Shining"


It all comes down to this.  Love one another, Jesus says.  “As I have loved you, so you should love one another.”   Jesus says it is by our love alone that world will know we are his followers, his disciples.  He says that his single, new commandment – that we love one another – sums up all the law and the prophets, all the wisdom and teaching of God.  Scripture challenges us that “one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” (1 John 4:7)  When we love, we dwell in the very nature of God.  Love is the Gospel in a single word.  And the One God sends is coming into the world to enflesh that word for all to see.

 O Come All Ye Faithful, gather around the advent wreath. Light the candles one by one and remember. Remember that so long ago God came to live among us and comes again each and every day. What better way to enter our lives than as a tiny, helpless yet cherished symbol of hope - an infant child. What joy we find in the expectant lives of Mary and Elizabeth who knew the miracle of life within themselves. What peace we find in the promise of salvation to the desperate and frightened. Love came to change the world and continues to enlighten our lives. We join together each Sunday in worship to remember the story that offers us hope, joy, peace and love.

 PRAYER OF THE DAY  

Stir up your power, Lord Christ, and come.  Free us from the sin that would obstruct your mercy, that willingly we may bear your redeeming love to all the world, for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, on God, now and forever.  Amen.

READINGS
FIRST READING: 2 Samuel 7:1–11, 16
RESPONSIVE READING: Luke 1:46b–55
SECOND READING: Romans 16:25–27
GOSPEL: Luke 1:26–38

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Sunday, December 14, 2014

"Lead Me Back to Bethlehem"

Words and Music by Pepper Choplin copywrite 2011 Lorenze Publishing Co.  Use with permission.

 Sung by Abiding Love Choir.

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Sunday, December 7, 2014

PEACE
"A New Light is Shining"

O Come All Ye Faithful, gather around the advent wreath. Light the candles one by one and remember. Remember that so long ago God came to live among us and comes again each and every day. What better way to enter our lives than as a tiny, helpless yet cherished symbol of hope - an infant child. What joy we find in the expectant lives of Mary and Elizabeth who knew the miracle of life within themselves. What peace we find in the promise of salvation to the desperate and frightened. Love came to change the world and continues to enlighten our lives. We join together each Sunday in worship to remember the story that offers us hope, joy, peace and love.

December 14 - Joy
December 21 - Love

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