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January 6th 2019, Pastor Galen, Epiphany Sunday Isaiah 60:1-6, Matthew 2:1-12   Today is Epiphany Sunday, the day that we celebrate the pronouncement of the Good News to the Gentiles, as represented by the story of the Magi, or Wise Men, who came to worship the baby Jesus.  The Bible doesn’t provide a lot of detailsContinueContinue reading “Epiphany”

December 24th, 2018, Pastor Galen, Christmas Eve Service Luke 2:8-14 For those of us who didn’t grow up around sheep, we might tend to think of sheep as these warm, cuddly, soft animals that are always clean and smell great. If we could, we’d just to just hold a nice cuddly little lamb in ourContinueContinue reading “Unto Us A Child is Born”

December 23rd, 2018, Pastor Galen, Fourth Sunday of Advent Micah 5:2-5a; Luke 1:39-55 Not How We Would Have Expected So often God shows up in the most unexpected places and in the most unexpected ways. If we were to imagine what it would look like for God to come down to this earth, we probably wouldContinueContinue reading “Expecting the Unexpected”

December 16th, 2018, Pastor Galen Third Sunday of Advent Zephaniah 3:14-20; Luke 3:7-18 Making Room For Presents Well there are eight days until Christmas, and how many of you are finished with your Christmas shopping? I usually like to purchase my gifts online because I really don’t like shopping at the mall, but I realized theContinueContinue reading “Two Shirts”

December 9th, 2018, Pastor Galen, Second Sunday of Advent Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 3:1-6 Wrong Way on a One-Way Track How many of you have ever been driving in your car or riding a bus or train and realized you were heading the opposite direction of where you wanted to go? I think one of the worstContinueContinue reading “Red Carpet”