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!

Supper Club at the Hunts

A Special December Supper Club - ribs catered from "Tulsa Rib Company" at the Hunts'


DB can't wait!!


Trays of delicious beef ribs and BBQ


Yeah, ribs!!


get down to business


can't talk now!

Miss Veggie and I get down and dirty with da ribs!

We had about 30 plus dining with us tonight! The Epic Supper Club ended 2007 on a high note!

Thank you, Greg and Esther for a wonderful meal and thanks for the Hunts hosting all of us tonight!

-DB-

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.

Epic Church - Advent (Inversion)

pre-service


Advent candles


Boardmember Rick promoting Fullerton social outing


Pastor Erin making announcements


Mediation video by Andrew


Pastor Erin led the congregation in the call to worship


The Hong family lights the 2nd advent candle


First worship set


Personal sharing by Jacob


Pastor Kevin - main sermon


Kevin read from Tony Campolo's book "The Reasonable Faith"


Personal sharing and reading by Craig


Pastor Kevin continues message


Scripture - Luke 1:39-45


Jesus relationship diagram updated


Scripture - 2 Corinthians 3: 2-3


praying for communion


preparing the Communion meal


closing worship set


Benediction

Current Series: FLESH: 8 Implications of Christmas
Message: INVERSION
Speaker: Kevin
Synopsis: As we continue to look at the implications of Incarnation, we look this week at Mary's Song (Luke 1:46-55). If Jesus reveals God to us, we glean here a framework from which to understand what it is to come, that Jesus' entire ministry is a fleshing out of the prophetic vision of inversion, where the social order is turned upside down. As a poor, peasant girl, Mary is overwhelmed with joy, not only at the prospect of the Messiah being born through her, but also the birthing of a new social order from which God's deep regard for the hungry, the humble, and the servant is revealed. This is an inspiration for the different kind of community we want to become as Epic, a church that practices the discipline of justice, becoming practitioners of inversion.