Children’s message 12/14/2014
contemporaneous notes
mystery box:
-
bulletin insert of church
calendar with open house highlighted
-
all about Christmas sheet
-
coloring page of Jesus –
cute baby
-
Open House - inviting people
over for Christmas
o
sharing Christ with our
friends and family
-
At the very first Christmas
-
there was an invitation to
Jesus’ birth
o
animals
o
shepherds – invitation from
the angels
§
to see Christ on his
birthday
§
sort of like TeleAngel (like
TeleFlora)
o
wise men – they followed the
star
o
drummer boy
§
but he followed the
shepherds
-
Jesus in His ministry gave
invitations too
o
Come and See
o
Come, follow me
-
Jesus is God, God here on
earth
-
He invited the poor, the
lowly
o
like the shepherds
o
He still does
-
He did/does invite wealthy
o
but they are like the rich
young man
§
He was called to give away
his wealth
§
He couldn’t do it
§
saying – easier for a camel
to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the kingdom…
-
We can choose to follow or
not
-
We have the star within us,
God’s Holy Spirit
-
We are to shine the light
-
We are to share Jesus
-
There is an Open House in
heaven and we al are invited.
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December 14,
2014
Matthew
1:18-25
3rd Sunday of
Advent
Advent Sermon
Series: The Voices of Advent, “I was there…”
Voices of
Advent – “I was there…”
dramas by Ross
Olson
sermon/message
– “Joseph”
(as performed by
Raymond A. Foss who, like
Joseph,
is an
step-father and adoptive father)
children’s
message
– mystery box
–
-
three
pieces of paper
o calendar with announcement of open house
highlighted
o all about Christmas sheet
o drawing sheet of Jesus – cute baby
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Advent wreath
lighting
Prayer of
Thanksgiving –
we thank you
Lord – v4
by
Raymond A. Foss
communion
worship led by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
2nd
Sunday of Advent
December 14,
2014
&
2nd
Sunday of Advent
Advent Sermon
Series: The Voices of Advent, “I was there…”
Luke 1:26-38
(KJV)
Voices of
Advent – “I was there…”
dramas by Ross
Olson
sermon/message
– “Mary”
(as performed
by Shyanne Foss,
who, like
Mary, is 14 years old)
children’s
message
– mystery box
– spool of thread and cloth and needles
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Advent wreath
lighting
Prayer of
Thanksgiving –
we thank you
Lord – v2
by
Raymond A. Foss
communion
worship led by
Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
2nd
Sunday of Advent
December 7,
2014
&
1st
Sunday of Advent
Advent Sermon
Series: The Voices of Advent, “I was there…”
Sacred Dance
Introit
Michael W.
Smith’s
“Intro and
Prepare Ye the Way”
from his New
Hallelujah album
Advent wreath
lighting
Prayer of
Thanksgiving –
by Jeanie
Goode
Luke 1:19-20a
children’s
message
– mystery box
–
envelope with
note
Voices of
Advent – “I was there…”
dramas by Ross
Olson
sermon/message
– “Angel Gabriel”
(as performed
by Terry Pettengill)
worship led by
Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
1st
Sunday of Advent
November 30,
2014
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