by Julie | May 28, 2025 | Advent-Archive
December 18 Cindy Cutlip, PSC Elder Psalm 63; Revelation 21:1-8 This Advent season, more than ever, we are a waiting and longing people. We wait for test results and unemployment checks. We long for a time when we can all gather together freely and safely once again....
by Julie | May 28, 2025 | Advent-Archive
December 19 John Knight, PSC Elder Psalm 115; James 5:7–11 PATIENCE does not come easily to me, nor to most people, under ordinary circumstances. During a time of suffering, however, patience is even harder. We have endured more than nine months of the current...
by Julie | May 28, 2025 | Advent-Archive
December 20 Raymond Kam, Minister to Internationals Psalm 24; Luke 1:26-38 It is not in the normal course of experience that an angel appears and predicts something that had never happened before: a virgin birth. In our retelling of the events of Christmas, this is a...
by Julie | May 28, 2025 | Advent-Archive
December 22 Mike Ahearn, Church Administrator Psalm 145; Luke 1:46–55 Praising God is indeed a privilege of his children. In the scriptures we are challenged often and commanded to “Praise the Lord.” Sometimes we may do so by simply saying that simple three-word...
by Julie | May 28, 2025 | Advent-Archive
December 23 Robyn Bunch, Community Director Psalm 148; Luke 1:67–79 I asked my family what the terms renewal, waiting and hope meant to them. Without missing a beat my mom responded, “That’s farming.” They trust their livelihood on the One who is in control of all....
by Julie | May 28, 2025 | Advent-Archive
December 24 Tracy & Michael Balboni Psalm 150; Luke 2:1-20 After the kids have gone to bed on Christmas Eve, we have had a little tradition of wrapping presents while watching the 2006 movie The Nativity Story. We enjoy re-watching this film because it reminds...
by Julie | May 28, 2025 | Advent-Archive
December 25 Mark Booker, Senior Minister Psalm 96; John 1:1-18 “Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth! Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all...
by Julie | May 28, 2025 | Advent-Archive
December 17 Kimberley Morrison, Minister of City Engagement Psalm 136; Micah 5:1-5a Siege warfare is a form of constant, low-intensity conflict, an enemy surrounds a town isolating it from essential supplies with the aim of compelling surrender. During this season of...
by Julie | May 28, 2025 | Advent-Archive
December 21 Kris Perkins, Associate Minister Psalm 29; Isiah 9:1-7 In the Ancient Near East when a king was acknowledged in various types of inscriptions, a long string of epithets often accompanied his name describing the characteristics of the ruler as well as the...
by Julie | May 28, 2025 | Advent-Archive
December 10 Damian Long, Dir. of Young Adults Psalm 65; Isaiah 55 Come everyone who thirsts, come to the waters (Is 55:1). O You who hear prayer, to You shall all flesh come (Ps 65:2). We come to the Source of healing waters, the longing of our souls, our lives a...
