First Sunday of Advent

First Sunday of Advent

Advent is about the “coming days.” God’s people have always lived in great expectation, but that expectation finds specific, repeated enunciation in the texts appointed for these four weeks. The ancients anticipated a “righteous Branch to spring up for David.” The Thessalonians awaited “the coming of our Lord Jesus with all the saints.” Jesus’ contemporaries hoped for the time “to stand before the Son of Man.” With them we eagerly await the coming days: another Christmas celebration, a second coming, and the advent of Christ in word and supper.

Fourth Sunday in Advent

Join us for Worship on this, the Fourth Sunday of Advent. While we are unable to gather physically, we gather...

Third Sunday of Advent

Join us for Worship on this, the third Sunday of Advent.

Second Sunday of Advent

John calls people to repent, to clear the decks, to completely reorder their lives so that nothing gets in the way of the Lord’s coming. The reading from Isaiah gives the context for this radical call: the assurance of forgiveness that encourages us to repent; the promise that the coming one will be gentle with the little ones. Isaiah calls us all to be heralds with John, to lift up our voices fearlessly and say, “See, your God is coming!” We say it to one another in worship, in order to say it with our lives in a world in need of justice and peace.

First Sunday in Advent

"Therefore, keep awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or at dawn."

Third Sunday of Advent

Listen to Pastor Paul's sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent.

Second Sunday of Advent

Listen to Pastor Lori's sermon for the Second Sunday of Advent.

First Sunday of Advent

Listen to Pastor Paul's sermon for the First Sunday.

Fourth Sunday in Advent

Listen to Pastor Paul's sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Advent.

Third Sunday in Advent

Listen to Pastor Paul's sermon for the Third Sunday in Advent.