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Midweek: Wednesday, November 30th, 2022.

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Midweek 11/30/22 In This Issue:                           Reminders & Music Notes                                            Advent Devotional           Candle Lighting for Advent           Summary of General Assembly Actions           Website! & Celebrations           Congregational Meeting           Christmas Concert           Toy Drive           Live and Learn on Saturdays!           PPM Christmas Program!           Poetry Corner           The Christmas Attic, part1: Hope for...

Advent Series: Hope

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OT Lesson: Genesis 3:22-24 (NIV) And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After He drove the man out, He placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life. NT Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15:45 (NLT) The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit. Sermon Introduction Good morning. Today is the beginning of Advent, which is the four weeks before Christmas. Advent is the beginning of the new church calendar. So today is the first day of a new year. So let me greet you: ‘Happy New Year!’ English word Advent is from Latin, Adventus, which means arriving or coming. So it is...

Midweek: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022

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        Midweek 11/23/22                            In This Issue:                   ·                   Reminders                                                                       Music Notes           Candle Lighting for Advent           Summary of General Assembly Actions           Website!           Christmas Concert         ...