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Archive for December, 2007

Lessons and Carols

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I was introduced to a Lesson and Carol Christmas Eve service several years ago while I was the pastor at Fort Miller Wesleyan. We were invited by a fellow pastor to come share Christmas Eve services with them. I was taken with the format and looked forward to trying it sometime in a church I [...]

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Lectionary Reading

Posted in Lectionary, tagged on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Christmas Eve — Proper I December 24, 2007 Isaiah 9:2-7 Psalm 96 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-20 The prophecy of Isaiah is very clear. The people of God were walking in great darkness and a light was to come to show them the way. Think about the names that the Messiah is called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty [...]

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Sunday Night Thoughts

Posted in Sunday Thoughts on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

While my friend Mark, woke up to several inches of new fallen snow, with more on the way, we here on the Southside woke up to warm, clouds, fog, and rain. I’m sure glad Mark is getting a white Christmas. Today we wrapped up our preparation for Christmas, as our youth presented a play called, [...]

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Worship Boxscore

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on December 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

December 23, 2007Fourth Sunday of Advent WelcomeLighting of the Advent Candle Messiah Brings the Kingdom The people walking in darkness ahve seen a great light. On those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. For to us a child is born. To us a son is given. the government [...]

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Coming In For a Landing

Posted in Blogging on December 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I’m actually writing this on Friday night, because tomorrow I will have a long day working at Radioshack, which followed a long day and night of working there. Yes, it is the Christmas season and this is my eight season working retail. I am a bit tired and worn out. But I am not discouraged [...]

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Weekly Lectionary Readings

Posted in Lectionary, tagged on December 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

4th Sunday of Advent December 23, 2007 Isaiah 7:10-16Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19Romans 1:1-7Matthew 1:18-25 Christmas is literally around the corner. The Fourth Sunday of Advent is upon us. This week’s scriptures get us another step closer to the story. The prophet Isaiah tells us the baby’s name will be Emmanuel — God with us. Think of [...]

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Toys for Tots

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

When I was in Junior and Senior High School, our basketball team played at the Marine Armory. I remember Christmas and the Marines collecting toys for Toy for Tots. It was amazing to see the junk people would give to the Marines thinking that some kid would want a rusty old bike. I could not [...]

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A Unique Twelve Days of Christmas

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on December 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »

My daughter Rebecca attends Southern Wesleyan University. As a nice way to say Merry Christmas to the choir, her choir director sent her a link to the video below. It’s a men’s a capella group from Indiana University. These guys are really good.

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Mosaic Wednesday Night

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Because tonight was the last night of school for most of our students, I thought we would have a huge turnout and that they would be rowdy. Fortunately, I was wrong on both accounts. I took my turn driving the church van. It’s the first time in many weeks on a Wednesday night. We had [...]

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Top Ten Christmas Songs.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

About a week ago, I shared with you my top Christmas CD’s. Today, I would like to share with you my top Christmas songs — several are from those CD and some are from other recordings. These are in no particular order because I have a hard time ranking these things. Emmanuel — DeGarmo and [...]

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