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Lightbearers: the foremothers of Christ (Advent 2019)

Advent is a four-week season of preparation for the celebration of Jesus’ birth at Christmas, much like Lent before Easter. Advent means “coming” or “arrival.” In the ancient church this season was set aside as a time of fasting, prayer, and generosity as believers consciously prepared themselves for the future advent of Christ, even as they prepared to celebrate the past advent of Christ. This year, we will be taking some time during the four weeks of Advent to prepare ourselves for the future coming of Christ by reflecting on the ways God used specific people in specific times to preserve the covenant between God and his people.


Advent is a season of anticipation, hope, and comfort; but it is also a season of waiting, lament, and darkness (“a light shines in the darkness”). We are, naturally and appropriately, excited about the coming of Christmas (and, hopefully, for Christ’s return!); but at the same time we recognize with an appropriate sorrow that things are not the way they are supposed to be.


For many, the holiday season is a time that highlights their loneliness, anxiety, family strife, broken relationships, unemployment, failed goals, and depression. Allowing Advent to speak to the ways in which the Kingdom of God, while begun in Jesus, is not yet fully realized until Christ comes again can bring comfort to people who are suffering.


In this sense, the stories of Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary as mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew are especially appropriate for the season of Advent. All five of these stories are of women in difficult situations, on the margins of society: widows, prostitutes, gentiles, abandoned, childless, poor. But God ends up using their stories of darkness to preserve the covenant when it is under threat. In that way, the Gospel of Matthew uses the stories of these women to lay a groundwork for us as to what it means to be a disciple of Jesus

November 10, 2019

Amen

Pastor: John Medendorp Series: Lord, Teach Us To Pray: A Series on the Lord's Prayer (Ordinary Time / Fall 2019) Topic: Prayer Passage: Psalm 41:1–41:13

November 10, 2019

Deliver Us From Evil

Pastor: John Medendorp Series: Lord, Teach Us To Pray: A Series on the Lord's Prayer (Ordinary Time / Fall 2019) Topic: Prayer Passage: 1 Samuel 17:1–17:26, 1 Samuel 17:32

November 3, 2019

Forgive Us Our Debts

Pastor: John Medendorp Series: Lord, Teach Us To Pray: A Series on the Lord's Prayer (Ordinary Time / Fall 2019) Topic: Prayer, Forgiveness Passage: Mark 1:1–1:15

October 27, 2019

Justified By Faith

Pastor: Carel Geleynse Topic: Faith Passage: Romans 3:10–3:31

October 27, 2019

Hunger

Pastor: Amanda Bakale Series: Lord, Teach Us To Pray: A Series on the Lord's Prayer (Ordinary Time / Fall 2019) Topic: Prayer Passage: Mark 6:30–6:44

October 20, 2019

Your Will Be Done

Pastor: John Medendorp Series: Lord, Teach Us To Pray: A Series on the Lord's Prayer (Ordinary Time / Fall 2019) Topic: Trust, Prayer Passage: Matthew 26:36–26:46

October 14, 2019

Never Stop Giving Thanks

Pastor: Amanda Bakale Topic: Prayer, Thankfulness Passage: Ephesians 1:15–1:23

October 13, 2019

Your Kingdom Come

Pastor: Carel Geleynse Series: Lord, Teach Us To Pray: A Series on the Lord's Prayer (Ordinary Time / Fall 2019) Passage: Daniel 2:31–2:45, Luke 7:18–7:23

October 6, 2019

Hallowed Be Your Name

Pastor: Carel Geleynse Series: Lord, Teach Us To Pray: A Series on the Lord's Prayer (Ordinary Time / Fall 2019) Topic: Prayer Passage: Exodus 3:1–3:15

September 29, 2019

Our Father in Heaven

Pastor: John Medendorp Series: Lord, Teach Us To Pray: A Series on the Lord's Prayer (Ordinary Time / Fall 2019) Topic: Prayer, God the Father Passage: Jeremiah 31:7–31:14

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Genesis 49: Jacob and His Twelve Sons
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