Celebrating Advent

Advent is a wonderful season of hope! Humble Beginnings “But you, Bethlehem, only a small village in Judah, yet a ruler of Israel will come from you, one whose origins are from a distant past … And he will stand to lead His flock with the Lord’s strength … Then his people will live undisturbed, for he will be highly honored all around the world. And he will be the source of our peace.” Micah 5:2, 4-5 This is one of the most powerful messianic passages because Bethlehem is pin

Hope is the theme of the second week of Advent. Hope We light a second purple candle on the second Sunday of Advent to represent the hope of Christ coming to the world. The word “hope” has two meanings in the Bible. The first, Tikvah , contains a sense of eager anticipation or waiting. The second, Elpis , depicts a sense of confident expectation based on certainty. Biblical hope is secured by God’s faithfulness to His promises. For the Old Testament leaders, their hope was in

Old Testament prophecies told God’s people about Jesus hundreds of years before His birth. The Anointed One “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from the darkness for the prisoners … to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion – to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oi