Sermons from December 2024

Sermons from December 2024

Christmas Pondered | First Sunday Of Christmas

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Christmas Pondered”First Sunday of ChristmasDecember 29, 2024Rev. Stephanie Boaz Luke 2:41-52  41 Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. 43 When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents were unaware of this. 44 Assuming that he…

2024 Christmas Eve | 8 PM

“Well, What Do You Know!”Christmas Eve 8 PMDecember 24, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Luke 2:1-20 1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 All went to their own towns to be registered. 4 Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he…

2024 Christmas Eve | 5 PM

“Well, What Do You Know!”Christmas Eve 5 PMDecember 24, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Luke 2:1-20 1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 All went to their own towns to be registered. 4 Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he…

Why Me? | Fourth Sunday Of Advent

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Why me?”Fourth Sunday of AdventDecember 22, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Luke 1:39-56 39 In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, 40 where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit 42 and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are…

What, Then, Should We Do? | Third Sunday Of Advent

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “What, Then, Should We Do?”Third Sunday of AdventDecember 15, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Philippians 4:4-7 Rejoice[a] in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.[b] 5 Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,…

And This Is My Prayer | Second Sunday Of Advent

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “And this is my prayer…”Second Sunday of AdventDecember 8, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Philippians 1:3-11 I thank my God for every remembrance of you, 4 always in every one of my prayers for all of you, praying with joy 5 for your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. 6 I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to…

A New Old Perspective | First Sunday Of Advent

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “A New Old Perspective”First Sunday of AdventDecember 1, 2024Rev. Ashley Higgins Luke 21:25-36 25 “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. 26 People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 Then they will…