giving Christ to the Father - v2

This moment had to come

based on all that had been spoken

the visits of the angels

the gifts of the Magi,

Simeon’s prophecy

Joseph was his father;

but He was in His Father’s house.

The transformation here

when Jesus was only twelve

giving Christ to the Father

eighteen years before the dove

before the river, the Jordan

while Jesus was still a child.

In a real sense He had become the Christ

the Messiah awoken

leaving His youth

His earthly journey;

Different from these days forward,

Joseph no longer on the stage;

Christ had become the Son of God.

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edited January 4, 2015

giving Christ to the Father – v2

December 27, 2014

giving Christ to the Father

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/12/giving-christ-to-father.html

December 27, 2014

that fateful day

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/12/that-fateful-day.html

December 26, 2014

claiming God as His Father

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/12/claiming-god-as-his-father.html

December 26, 2014

father versus Father

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/12/father-versus-father.html

December 26, 2014

the defining moment

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-defining-moment.html

December 26, 2014

the first words of Jesus

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-first-words-of-jesus.html

Advent book study:

Luke 2:41-51

Jesus at age 12 in the Temple

Chapter 3: “Amazed, Astounded, and Astonished”

Not A Silent Night

http://www.adamhamilton.org/store/9781426771842#.VGp1BTTF9gg

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/DynamicContent.aspx?id=276&pageid=1808

by Reverend Adam Hamilton

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/bookstore.aspx?contributorid=3827

http://www.facebook.com/RevAdamHamilton

https://twitter.com/RevAdamHamilton

Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

http://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/

“God’s Whisper” blog

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

&

Luke 2:33-35

prophecy of Simeon

Chapter 2: “The Piercing of Mary’s Soul”

Not A Silent Night

by Reverend Adam Hamilton

Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

Patten, ME

&

2^nd Sunday of Advent

Advent Sermon Series: The Voices of Advent, “I was there…”

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/pb.174161846023512.-2207520000.1417377248./605547519551607/

Luke 1:26-38 (KJV)

Voices of Advent – “I was there…”

http://rossolson.org/drama/advent/

dramas by Ross Olson

http://rossolson.org/

sermon/message – “Mary”

http://rossolson.org/drama/advent/mary.html

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/a.176724582433905.31513.174161846023512/611965572243135

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/12/sermon-advent-drama-mary-by-ross-olson.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/541653909874696192

(as performed by Shyanne Foss,

who, like Mary, is 14 years old)

worship led by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

2^nd Sunday of Advent

December 7, 2014

&

Acts 1:8-14

referenced article about Black Friday death in 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/nyregion/30walmart.html?_r=0

(and website for Black Friday Deaths - http://blackfridaydeathcount.com/)

Introduction and

Chapter 1. “Beginning with the End”

Not A Silent Night

by Reverend Adam Hamilton

Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

Patten, ME

&

earlier books by Rev. Hamilton studied in Spirit Study groups -

The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=1104578

&        

“Final Words from the Cross”

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426746802

&

“24 Hours That Changed the World”

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=833652

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