Sarah’s Sermon at Etowah United Methodist Church, Etowah, NCDecember 31st, 2023 Advent is the season of waiting and anticipation.Christmas is the dawn breaking into the deep darkness, a light dawning, and our long awaited hope fully becomes realized in the face of a baby lying in a humble manger. Our Savior, our Emmanuel, has come. God is with us, Jesus now dwells with us, and the Holy Spirit was given…
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Look to the Light
Advent is the freedom found in the invitation to hope when all that is around you is darkness, and yet you believe light is coming. To look forward and see the light before it dawns, so that when it does, we can proclaim with Isaiah,…
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Whose House Are You Building?
‘Twas the days after Christmas, and everyone was packed, stuffed, and slumbered – no more ribbons, no more bows, no more hurrying to hang the stockings and the mistletoes. It is the week of Christmas-tide where everyone seems to forget the day, the time, and…