Third Sunday of Advent, Morning Worship, December 14, 2025Sermon: In Days to Come…JoyAccompanying Scripture: Isaiah 35 : 1-10 In Days to Come…Joy During my childhood, my family and I often went camping. The mostmemorable was the weekend we spent in the Mojave Desert.Those were the days when our automobiles had canvas water bags tiedto the radiator cover in case the engine overheated. While my father setup camp, my brother and I would be sent out to search for firewood. Iwas…

Second Sunday of Advent, Morning Worship, December 7, 2025Sermon: In Days to Come…PeaceAccompanying Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-10 In Days to Come…Peace I heard the bells on Christmas DayTheir old, familiar carols play,And wild and sweetThe words repeatOf peace on earth, good-will to men!And thought how, as the day had come,The belfries of all ChristendomHad rolled alongThe unbroken songOf peace on earth, good-will to men!I was in seventh grade when I first learned this poem by Henry WadsworthLongfellow. I knew nothing about…

First Sunday of Advent, Morning Worship, November 30, 2025Sermon: In Days to Come…HopeAccompanying Scripture: Isaiah 2:1-5 In Days to Come…Hope The nation of Judah needs good news, and they need it now. Wars anduprisings surround them. Gloom and doom haunt their lives. They awakeneach day to another round of waiting for the next shoe to drop. Tension isin the air. They don’t feel safe.In fact, the entire first chapter of Isaiah is filled with bad news. It’s notgoing to get…