Category: Advent 2025
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December 25-Advent 2025
Name: Jim Divine Which Service do you attend: All Word: Fear and Joy Scripture: Luke 2:10 “but the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people.” I received the news on Christmas morning 1997 that my Grandad had died the day before. Loida, our…
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December 24-Advent 2025
Name: Glenda Wolfe Which Service do you attend: Sundays, 9 a.m. Word: Favor Scripture: Luke 2:40 “There the child grew up healthy and strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God’s favor was on him.” Recently, our grandson-in-law posted a black and white photo of a Higgins Boat (LCVP) landing on Iwo Jima Island. He posted it on Veterans Day…
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December 23-Advent 2025
Name: Susan King Which Service do you attend: Sundays, 10:45 a.m. Word: Attention Scripture: Matthew 2:2: “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose and we have come to worship him.” Christmas has always been an adventure in our family. It was especially difficult for Bill and I and our three children. We…
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December 22-Advent 2025
Name: Rick McGhee Which Service do you attend: Sundays, 9 a.m. Word: Unexpected Scripture: Luke 2:8: “And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.” It was Monday, April 16, 2000. The day before had been Easter Sunday, and that morning Denise was at the funeral home with her…
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December 21-Advent 2025
Name: Rev. Kristyne Young Which Service do you attend: Edison UMC, 11 a.m. Word: With Scripture: Isaiah 7:14: “All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).” This last spring, when I visited…
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December 20-Advent 2025
Name: Donna Baker Which Service do you attend: All 3 services Word: Savior Scripture: Luke 2:11: “Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.” Over the years, I’ve always considered Jesus’ coming as a “Savior” to mean He would bring a spiritual rescue. But with all the trauma and…
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December 19-Advent 2025
NName: Meredith Brubaker Which Service do you attend: Sundays, 9:00 a.m. Word: Room Scripture: Luke 2:6-7: “And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born. 7 She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them.” Today, I…
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December 18-Advent 2025
Name: Don Van Dorn Which Service do you attend: Saturdays, 5:00 p.m. Word: Healing Scripture: Revelation 22:1-2: “Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood…
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December 17-Advent 2025
Name: Gemma Benjamin Which Service do you attend: Sundays, 9 a.m. Word: Peace Scripture: Matthew 2:3: “King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem.” This scripture brings to mind different emotions . . . On Herod’s part, we know that he is jealous of this newborn King of the Jews. He is afraid of being supplanted by…
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December 16-Advent 2025
Name: Adele Millwood Which Service do you attend: Saturdays, 5:00 p.m. Word: Father Scripture: John 1:1-3: “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The Word was with God in the beginning. Everything came into being through the Word, and without the Word nothing came into being.” “In the beginning,” John…