Sermons from December 2019
The Place Where Dreams Come True – Or Not
Preacher: Rev. Melanie Baker Date: December 29, 2020 Text: Matthew 2:13-23
Love Can’t Wait
Preacher: Rev. Liz Miller Date: December 22, 2019 Text: Matthew 1:18-24a
The Christmas Story In Poem and Song
Preacher: Pastor Liz Miller Date: December 15, 2019 Text: Lessons and Carols performed by Edgewood United Church, UCC Choir, directed by Monty Bieber Poem “We Are Called to Proclaim the Truth” Allan Boesak SONG “Every Valley” From the cantata The Winter Rose Words and music by Joseph M. Martin This energetic chorus is the fourth movement of Joseph Martin’s cantata “The Winter Rose”. Based on the prophecy of Isaiah 40:4-5, the chorus incorporates portions of O Come, O Come Emmanuel,…
Peace Can’t Wait
Preacher: Pastor Liz Miller Date: December 8, 2019 Text: Isaiah 11:1-10, Matthew 3:1-12 What can’t wait? In this season of anticipation, waiting, and preparing, what can’t wait? Last Sunday we reflected on needing hope in our world right now, not being able to wait for hope any longer. We named hope as transformative resistance of despair. And now, at the beginning of the second week of Advent, we turn to Peace. I’m not talking about the peace that comes when…
Hope Can’t Wait
Preacher: Pastor Liz Miller Date: December 2, 2019 Text: Isaiah 2:1-5 Sometimes – and maybe not everyone feels this way- but sometimes, it feels like we don’t know what to do with Advent. It’s a season of anticipation, of reflection, and of waiting for Christ to be born. But what does anticipation and waiting look like in real life? How do we practice that and experience it together? There were times in the church’s history when we understood waiting more…