Sunday January 2, 2011

Happy New Year! This week we celebrate the past year, look over what has been done and reflect on what we have learned. We also look forward to new beginnings, new resolutions, and a new year. At the beginning of anything there is always the hope of something great.

Do you have hope as you look forward to this new year? What are you looking forward to? What are you starting anew? I hope that as you look forward to this new year that you look forward in anticipation of what God can do in and through you.

~ Pastor Shannon

PS. What are your resolutions for this year?

Sunday December 26, 2010

Merry Christmas! I hope that you have a wonderful week celebrating with your friends and family. This is such a special week and so greatly anticipated. So what happens when the excitement is over, the season is done, the presents are unwrapped and the decorations are taken down? There is a sense, after a big event, of being lost. Where do we go from here? What now? These are a few of the questions I will be addressing this Sunday in the aftermath of Christmas.

I hope that you have a fabulous Christmas week and that whoever you are with, you can celebrate our Savior, our Prince of Peace, the one whom we worship and adore: Jesus Christ!

Blessings~
Pastor Shannon

Sunday December 19, 2010

Good morning! We have focused on other aspects of the Christmas story but this week is the big deal, the main focus of Christmas: the Christ-child. This Sunday I will preach about the love of Christmas, Jesus Christ, who was born as a human, and lived as a human, but was also divine. I will be preaching from Matthew 1:18-24.

Come and celebrate Christmas with us at 9am or 11am!

Hope to see you there~
Pastor Shannon

Sunday December 12, 2010

Good afternoon! We are smack in the middle of Advent and what a beautiful day it is! There is snow on the ground and the sun is shining. I hope that you are excited this week to be celebrating and anticipating Christmas.

We have been preaching this month on the cast of Christmas. The first Sunday of Advent I preached on Simeon and Anna (Luke 2: 25-40), last week Pastor Susan preached on the Angels and Shepherds from Luke 2:8-20. This week I am going to focus on Mary and Joseph in Luke 2:1-7. Mary and Joseph were obedient even though they didn't fully understand. Come and celebrate the joy of Christmas with us this week at 9am or 11am.

Also, if you are interested in helping, this Saturday at 10am, we will be cleaning our new unit.

~ Pastor Shannon