Showing posts with label Advent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Advent. Show all posts

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Epic Church - Advent Sunday (Body)


Pastor Erin - announcements


Soundboard duties with Serene


Mediation video


The Hunts Family prepare to light the Advent candles


Advent lighting


Karina pointing out someone in the congregation


Pastor Kevin

Scripture reading

Pastor Kevin


Colossians 1:15-27


preparing for communion

prayer for communion

Communion

Benediction
Current Series: FLESH: 8 Implications of Christmas
Message: Body
Synopsis: Christmas is about the Incarnation (God become flesh). God in the form of a human person means God had a body. In the NT, the church is called "the body of Christ." This community in the Spirit bound by a common faith exists as the present form of Jesus in the world. Because Christ is in the world, the implication for Christians is that we follow Christ into the world as his body. We meet Christ who is already there among the poor and hungry. Christ does not exist only in the church, but in the world. The implication is that the church doesn't just bring Christ to a hurting world so it can know Jesus, but the church also needs the hurting world to meet and know Christ. This is the incarnational solidarity the church has with the world. To be the incarnational presence of Christ in the world is the practical application for Epic as a community of justice and healing.
Bonus Photos:
BLING BLING ALERT!

Someone came to church with some serious hardware (sorry about the picture quality)

Congrats to Becky & Texas James!

Sunday, December 09, 2007

Epic Advent Service - Generousity


worship rehearsal


Advent lighting (Rick, Long, and DB)


Pastor Kevin made announcements


Carey announced love offering for church staff


Pastor Kevin introduces his wife Dorene (personal sharing)


Dorene is one the "25 people in 25 days"


Pastor Erin - main sermon


Luke 16


Benediction

Current Series: FLESH: 8 Implications of Christmas
Message: Generousity
Speaker: Erin
Synopsis: Be generous: Well, duh. It's Christmas. But /why/ be generous? Too often we fall into "paying God back" - he was good to you, now you owe him, but that fails to recognize the nature of a gift. At Christmas, God uses his resources to communicate love. Our generousity should flow from love, and a desire to bless people. We will look at the unrighteous steward and see some things Jesus says about our desire to bless ourselves first, and then celebrate how good He has been to us.