ADVENT and CHRISTMAS
Isaiah Bringing us Home to God for Christmas
The four weeks before Christmas is the season of Advent. Advent means “coming, arriving.” We are a people who wait for Jesus’ promised arriving back to earth. Our kin who first waited for his coming help us in our waiting. Isaiah, a prophet, a messenger of God, helps us actively prepare for our Savior’s birth in our lives. This time of year is filled with many emotions and activities; Isaiah brings us home to God, our Creator, Comforter, and Redeemer.
(Thank you to the Lutheran Ministry 1517 for inspiring this worship.)
December 14, 2025
3rd Sunday of Advent
Scripture: Isaiah 35:1-10
Sermon: “Singing Safely Home”
December 21, 2025, 11 am
4th Sunday of Advent
Scripture: Isaiah 7:10-16
and Matthew 1:18-25
Sermon: “Home away from Home”
December 21, 2025, 6 pm
Waiting forA Savior to be Born
in our Sadness, Stress, Struggle, Suffering, and Sorrow:
An Advent Worship Service
Come for care and comfort in this season of “big feelings.” Come for scripture, songs, prayer, and reflections from those who are with you:
a Bethlehem citizen, taxed, financially fretting,
an Innkeeper’s busy, booked, full life,
Joseph bearing family burdens,
Mary laboring in mental, physical, spiritual pain,
Shepherds living, working in depression’s darkness,
and a mother’s grief and a child’s cry.
Community pastors and leaders will offer reflections.
December 24, 2025
Christmas Eve Service, 7 pm
On Wednesday, December 24 at 7 pm God gathers us to celebrate that God is with us–Emmanuel! Come for Christmas hymns–a lot of singing–, scripture, a short sermon, communion, and closing the service with singing by candle light. Please note there will be no live stream of the service.
December 28, 2025
1st Sunday after Christmas
Scripture: Isaiah 63:7-9 and Luke 2:15-21
Sermon: “Our Forever Home