Category: Advent 2022
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Merry Christmas – Sunday, December 25, 2022
Writer’s Name: Loida Divine Writer’s Ministry: Pastor Scripture: Luke 2:8-20 Last year, Emily Spence, a member of our Praise Team, sang a beautiful song at Christmas I had never heard before, “A Baby Changes Everything.” I confess I had never heard this song even though it was released in 2008. I loved the lyrics, and…
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Jingle: An Advent Devotional – Saturday, December 24, 2022
Writer’s Name: Jim Divine Writer’s Ministry: Pastor Scripture: Luke 2:1-7 In 1995 Loida and I were living in San Jose, Costa Rica, while I was attending Language School. At the last minute, we made a crazy decision to travel by bus from San Jose, through Nicaragua, up to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to visit Loida’s family. I…
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Jingle: An Advent Devotional – Friday, December 23, 2022
Writer: Robert (Bob) Heit Ministry: Usher Scripture: John 1:10-14 It was a pleasant afternoon in July, and our son and family were over for a cookout. The three children were in the pool, and the adults were conversing on the deck by the pool. I happened to look at the pool often because I was…
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Jingle: An Advent Devotional – Thursday, December 22, 2022
Writer: Tom Gilbert Ministry: LEAD Team Chair Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-7 It was 2010 and I had reached my late 50’s. We were beginning to think more seriously about retirement. It would be the first time LuAnn and I had the opportunity to choose where we would live. We had been transferred 10 times throughout…
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Jingle: An Advent Devotional – Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Writer: Glenda Wolfe Writer’s Ministry: Nominations Committee Scripture verse: Matthew 1:18-25 Angels, what do we know about them? They appear many times in our Bible, and always with a message from God; messages of hope, protection, comfort, service, and praise to God, and sometimes to carry out his judgment. The noun angel means messenger. My…
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Jingle: An Advent Devotional – Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Writer: Linda Jorden Scripture: Luke 1:39-56 Mary, a virgin, and a betrothed young lady had just been told by Gabriel that she would be a mother of God’s child!! That’s a lot to mentally process – to rethink what the future will hold. In God’s plan, Mary was directed to a special person who could…
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Jingle: An Advent Devotional – Monday, December 19, 2022
Writer’s Name: Teresa Burgess Writer’s Ministry: Bloom Ministry/Card Making Scripture: Luke 1:26-38 In 1992, Wayne had finished his Residency in Family Medicine and the Navy was sending us to Sasebo, Japan. We had been trying to start a family for 2yrs without any success. We had been through the tests, and I had taken fertility…
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Jingle: An Advent Devotional – Sunday, December 18, 2022
Writer: JulieAnn Davis Writer’s Ministry: Event Coordinator and member of Missions/Outreach Text: Isiah 7:14 – “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.” Although I was born in the United States, I was raised by my grandparents…
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Jingle An Advent Devotional – Saturday, December 17, 2022
Writer: Duane Marburger Writer’s Ministry: Lake Deaton Care Ministry and Visitation Pastor Text: 2 Corinthians 5:21 The Church Year begins with Advent, four weeks of preparation before Christmas. It can be a time of renewal and reflection on how God has blessed us with his gifts and what God is calling us to do with…
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Jingle: An Advent Devotional – Friday, December 16, 2022
Writer: Doris Ruiter Writer’s Ministry: Prayer Shawl Team, Receptionist Volunteer, Healing Prayer Team member, Coleman UMC Organist Text: 1 Peter 1:6-9 PRAISE TO GOD FOR A LIVING HOPE Nowhere in the Bible are we commanded to “Speak Jesus”. Our Jesus was born, witnessed, and died to save us from our sins. We are given a…