Pastoral Prayer 12-27-2020

Pastoral Prayer 12-27-2020 God it has been a long year. The longest perhaps. A year remembered by heartache and national grief. This year we practically ran to the manger, so desperate to get a glimpse of peace and hope, to grasp a sense of and joy and love that is...

Wise Men Seek Jesus

Wise Men Seek Jesus Text:  Matthew 2:1-12 International Children’s Bible Scripture Reading:  Wise Men Come to Visit Jesus 2 Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea during the time when Herod was king. After Jesus was born, some wise men from the east came to...

Humble Beginings

Humble Beginnings Text:  Luke 2:1-20 International Children’s Bible Scripture Reading:  The Birth of Jesus 2 At that time, Augustus Caesar sent an order to all people in the countries that were under Roman rule. The order said that they must list their names in a...

Welcoming with Love and Joy

Welcoming with Love and Joy Text:  Luke 1:26-56 Scripture Reading:  36 Now listen! Elizabeth, your relative, is very old. But she is also pregnant with a son. Everyone thought she could not have a baby, but she has been pregnant for six months. 37 God can do...

Human Rights Day

Human Rights Day Hi all.  Today is Human Rights Day, which is observed every year on December 10, the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted it in 1948.  The original UN declaration proclaimed, We hold as our common global goal to assert and protect “the...

God Provides Mentors

God Provides Mentors “Looking Up During Uncertain Times” A Daily Devotional Text:  Luke 1:1-25 Scripture Reading: Luke Writes About Jesus’ Life 1 To Theophilus: Many have tried to give a history of the things that happened among us. 2 They have written the same things...