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  • Sunday Reflection – December 26, 2021

      Jesus in the temple at Passover Luke 2 41 Each year his parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival.42 When he was 12 years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to their custom. 43 After the festival was over, they were returning home, but the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents didn’t know it. 44 Supposing…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus as a child (December 26th)

    Read Luke 2:41-52 with your family. This is the only story we have of Jesus as a child, and that was when he was around 12 or 13. Mary and Joseph were in Jerusalem to celebrate Passover, and probably wanted to show Jesus the temple for the first time. Hebrew culture in first century Palestine…

  • Christmas Eve, December 24, 2021

        Jesus’ birth Luke 2 In those days Caesar Augustus declared that everyone throughout the empire should be enrolled in the tax lists. 2 This first enrollment occurred when Quirinius governed Syria. 3 Everyone went to their own cities to be enrolled. 4 Since Joseph belonged to David’s house and family line, he went up from the city of Nazareth in…

  • Sunday Reflection – December 19, 2021 (Advent IV)

      Mary Visits Elizabeth Luke 1 39 Mary got up and hurried to a city in the Judean highlands. 40 She entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 With a loud voice she blurted out, “God has blessed you above all women,…

  • Kids Korner: Mary & Elizabeth (December 19th)

    Read Luke 1:39-55 with your family. This story shows how excited Jesus’ mom, Mary, and John the Baptist’s mom, Elizabeth, were about their babies. Each of them had big dreams for their children and knew their children were important to God’s plan. Afterwards Mary sang a song about how great God was and how God…

  • Teen Time: Mary had a choice, and she said yes to God (December 19th)

    Consent isn’t something we talk about much in the church, but Mary of Nazareth showed how it was done. She asked questions and once satisfied with the answers, she gave her answer. She said yes. The argument that Mary was coerced in to having Jesus is fairly recent on social media, and shows an incredible…

  • Sunday Reflection – December 12, 2021 (Advent III)

      John the Baptist Luke 3 7 Then John said to the crowds who came to be baptized by him, “You children of snakes! Who warned you to escape from the angry judgment that is coming soon? 8 Produce fruit that shows you have changed your hearts and lives. And don’t even think about saying to yourselves, Abraham…

  • Kids Korner: How to prepare for Jesus’ coming (December 12th)

    Read Luke 3:7-18 with your family. This is the second of our two weeks looking at John the Baptist. John was a very educated man. His father and mother were both educated in the ways of the Hebrew Scriptures, so John grew up learning about God’s promises and how we were to live. In today’s…

  • Teen Time: What does repent mean? (December 12th)

    The Christian Scriptures talk about ‘repent’, which simply means “turn away” from your current behaviour and choose something better. It does not mean see yourself as an awful human being who is not worthy.

  • Sunday Reflection – December 5, 2021 (Advent II)

      John the Baptist  Luke 3 In the fifteenth year of the rule of the emperor Tiberius—when Pontius Pilate was governor over Judea and Herod was ruler over Galilee, his brother Philip was ruler over Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was ruler over Abilene, 2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas—God’s word came to John son of Zechariah…