What did you get for Christmas? Most of you spent time yesterday unwrapping packages or tearing into surprises. The piles of gift wrap have been discarded, and some of you may already be disassembling all the decorations. While you exhale from the events that have left you exhausted, let’s inhale the purpose of this holiday. […]
Hope of Christmas – Go and Tell
December 25, 2022Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes Luke 2:1-20In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from […]
Hope of Christmas – Best Gift of All
December 24, 2022Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes John 3:16-17“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved […]
Hope in Our Suffering
The week leading up to Christmas day is usually filled with great anticipation, excitement, and curious wonderings about what is wrapped under the tree. Is that the new action figure I asked for? I wonder what I’ll get from mom and dad and, of course, the grandparents? Well, that is probably how you feel if […]
Hope of Christmas – Who Is Jesus to You?
December 18, 2022Pastor Frank Bowden Sermon Notes Luke 1:46-56And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things […]
Hope of Christmas: An Origin Story
December 11, 2022Pastor Alan Smith Sermon Notes I. Anticipated Hope Matthew 1:1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. A. A Promise to Abraham Genesis 12:3…in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” B. Lion of Judah Genesis 49:9-10Judah is a lion’s cub; from […]