Company's Coming Series 2020

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“Company’s Coming” Series Overview

Are you expecting someone?  To celebrate the holidays, we might normally receive visitors, entertain guests, or host family gatherings.  Even if our social plans are not the same this year, this is a time to prepare our hearts for God’s love in Jesus Christ.  Our Savior brings light for these dark days.  To receive this special Guest, we must reckon with how we may have fallen short and renew our anticipation for the world he has promised.  As this challenging year ends, we can wait with watchfulness because “Company Is Coming.”

  

November 29 – Advent 1

THIS PLACE IS A MESS: We would prefer for other people not to see the disarray in our lives.  In Mark 13:24-37, Jesus describes showing up in a messy world.  He arrives at the nexus of the past and the future to redeem the world.  What kind of life are you longing for?

 

December 6, 2020 – Advent 2 (Advent Music Sunday)

CLEAN-UP CREW: We tidy up before guests arrive.  In Mark 1:1-8, John the Baptist invites us to change our hearts and lives.  If we would participate in the process of “straightening up” our lives and the world, we must listen to God and respond.  How would you get organized for Jesus?

 

December 13, 2020 – Advent 3

DECK THE HALLS: Many Christmas decorations symbolize the good news of Jesus.  In John 1:6-8, 19-28, John the Baptist tells people that he isn’t the Messiah but points to him.  As Christians, we are called to help others find life in Jesus Christ.  What does your favorite Christmas decoration say about Jesus?

 

December 20, 2020 – Advent 4

WAITING AT THE THRESHOLD: Sometimes we can sense that something big is about to happen.  In Luke 1:26-38, the angel tells Mary that her child will be the Son of God.  Unlike John who has a temporary mission, Jesus will oversee an unending kingdom.  When have you been at the threshold of an important moment?

 

December 24, 2020 – Christmas Eve

WELCOMING THE GUEST: Whether you are ready or not, guests tend to arrive on their own timetable.  In Luke 2:8-20, Mary and Joseph greet the shepherds who have come to visit the newborn Savior.  They are all excited to welcome the Great Guest: Jesus is God with us.  How has a host made you feel welcome?

 

December 27, 2020 – Christmas 1

ENJOYING THE COMPANY: Better late than never.  In Luke 2:22-40, Simeon and Anna finally meet Jesus after a lifetime of waiting for him.  They receive Jesus with joy and worship the Lord.  Like them, we praise God in response to the presence of Christ.  What is your favorite Christmas carol?

 

January 3, 2021 – Christmas 2

LIVING THE CELEBRATION: A new year invites a new way of life.  In Ephesians 1:3-14, Paul blesses God for blessing us.  We are adopted into God’s family through Christ’s boundless love and redeemed by overflowing grace.  What is your new year’s resolution? 

 

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