Sunday LinkUp

  OPENING COMMENTS Today is the first Sunday of the Christmas season. The theme for this week is dedication to the Lord. In Colossians, Paul is instructing believers on how to live in community as they were called in response to  the love of God.   OPENING SONGS             FIRST […]

  OPENING COMMENTS The Fourth Sunday of Advent offers love and rejoicing as themes, along with our weekly theme of He was, He is, He will be.  Jesus Christ was incarnated as a human being to place himself in our skin and on our side to reveal the Father and his love for creation. Jesus is

OPENING COMMENTS Today is the Third Sunday of Advent, traditionally known as Gaudete Sunday (Latin for “rejoice”). As the word “rejoice” suggests, the focus today is on the Advent themes of joy and repentance (in contrast with hope and expectation on the First Sunday of Advent and peace and preparation on the Second Sunday of

  OPENING COMMENTS   Today is the second Sunday of Advent, a time when we focus on the COMING of Jesus Christ. Last week, on the first Sunday, we looked at references to Jesus’ Second Coming. Today, we’ll be focusing on John the Baptist and the preparatory role of a messenger, someone who shares good

  OPENING COMMENTS Today is the First Sunday of Advent. Advent is a time of preparation and contemplation, when we take time to remember Christ’s incarnation and birth as well as the promise of his Second Coming. Advent encompasses the four weeks before Christmas, and each week features a theme, typically hope, peace, joy, and

  OPENING COMMENTS Today marks the last day of the Christian calendar before we start over with Advent. For a while now, we have been journeying through the season known as “Ordinary Time” or simply “The Season after Pentecost.”   Today, that season comes to an end with a special day called Reign of Christ Sunday

      OPENING COMMENTS The theme for this week is a heart of faithfulness. In the first message for today, we look at how God was faithful to Hannah, who had prayed to Him asking for a son. In our main message, we see where Jesus Christ has been exalted to the right hand

OPENING COMMENTS The theme for this week is one sacrifice, one Savior for all.     OPENING SONG             OPENING PRAYER     FIRST READING Ruth 3:1-5   Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek security[a] for you, that it may be well with you?  2 Now

OPENING COMMENTS   OPENING SONGS           OPENING PRAYER         FIRST READING Mark 12:28-34 28 Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, [a]perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the [b]first commandment of all?” 29 Jesus answered him, “The [c]first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel,

    OPENING SONG     FIRST MESSAGE   Refuge in the Storm Cara Garrity   From the transcript … Have you ever been caught in a hurricane or a tornado? It can be a harrowing experience. If you are lucky, the only experience you’ve had with these monsters is footage from the news. But