ADVENT ... Be Ready! (CC)
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GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!
[GOOD MORNING PASTOR]
HOW IS EVERYBODY TODAY? [GOOD]
HAPPY NEW YEAR! [HAPPY NEW
YEAR AND GIGGLING]
THANK YOU, VIV, YES.
TODAY'S THE FIRST DAY OF THE
NEW CHURCH YEAR.
SO WE COULD SAY 'HAPPY NEW
YEAR' TODAY.
BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF
THE CHURCH YEAR.
AND IN THE FIRST SEASON OF THE
CHURCH YEAR, IT'S CALLED
ADVENT. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE
AN ADVENT WREATH UP. NOTICE
THAT THERE ARE CHANGES
IN THE WAY THE ALTAR LOOKS
THIS MORNING. WE HAVE
BLUE ON THE ALTAR REMINDING US
THAT
WE ARE TO LOOK TO THE SKY FOR
CHRIST'S RETURN
BECAUSE ADVENT MEANS "COMING".
SO WE HAVE TWO THOUGHTS GOING
ON THIS SEASON OF THE
CHURCH YEAR. WHEN WAS THE
FIRST TIME THAT JESUS CAME
TO THIS EARTH?
ARIEL.
WHEN HE WAS BORN. WHEN HE WAS
BORN OF MARY. AND
WHEN WE CELEBRATE THAT AT
CHRISTMAS. WE'RE THANKFUL
THAT GOD SENT A SAVIOR, WHO
TOOK ALL OF OUR SINS AWAY.
AND HAS CALLED US TO BE HIS
BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
WHAT IS THE SECOND TIME THAT
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
WHEN GOD ... WHEN JESUS IS
GOING TO RETURN? BRENDON?
[AT THE LAST DAY]
THE LAST DAY. THAT'S RIGHT.
JUDGMENT DAY. THE DAY WHEN HE
COMES BACK IN ALL OF HIS GLORY
AND ALL OF HIS POWER AND ALL
OF HIS SPLENDOR. WITH ALL OF
THE ANGELS WITH HIM.
TO TAKE ALL OF THE BELIEVERS
TO BE WITH HIM IN HEAVEN.
SO, IN THIS SEASON OF THE
CHURCH YEAR, WE WANT TO
REMIND OURSELVES TO BE READY.
TO BE READY AT ANY TIME
WHEN CHRIST COMES SO THAT WE
WILL BE TAKEN WITH HIM TO BE
WITH THE CHURCH IN HEAVEN.
THERE'S SOMETHING IN OUR
PURPLE BAG THIS MORNING THAT'S
GONNA HELP US REMEMBER THAT.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO LOOK IN THE
PURPLE BAG THIS MORNING?
LET'S LET GENEVIEVE.
[PASTOR HANDS THE PURPLE BAG
TO GENEVIEVE]
MONEY? REALLY?
I DON'T REMEMBER PUTTING ANY
MONEY IN THERE.
WHAT IS IT? IT'S COINS
THOUGH, ISN'T IT?
YES! YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE
SOME KIND OF WEIRD MONEY
FROM SOME FOREIGN COUNTRY.
BUT IT ISN'T.
IT'S JUST A COIN. IT'S A COIN
THAT REMINDS US THAT WE ARE
IN THE SEASON OF ADVENT,
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COIN
IT SHOWS AN ADVENT WREATH AND
THERE ARE FOUR CANDLES ON IT.
THERE ARE FOUR CANDLES ON OUR
ADVENT WREATH,
BECAUSE FOR THE NEXT FOUR
WEEKS, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON
JESUS' COMING AND HOW WE'RE
GONNA BE READY AND PREPARED
FOR HIM. YOU CAN TAKE THIS
WITH YOU FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS
WHEREVER YOU GO AND REMIND YOU
TO ALWAYS BE READY.
OKAY? ALL RIGHT. NOW YOU
GUYS CAN GO BACK TO YOUR MOMS
DADS AND WE'LL JOIN TOGETHER
IN HYMN-OF-THE-DAY, HYMN 19.