Christmas « St. Mark's Lutheran

Christmas Day – Children’s Pagent

By Parson Brown, on 12:37 pm%

I have a big thank you to send to the parents of St. Mark. By a blessed miracle they were all in town and agreed to do the children’s service on Christmas day. The picture above is the “stars”: Mary, Joseph, Shepherd and Angel, preparing before the service. We also had a . . . → Read More: Christmas Day – Children’s Pagent

All the Stockings are hung by the Chimney with care….

By Parson Brown, on 1:24 pm%

Well the sermons are done, the programs are practiced, the booklets being printed. As the sticky post above says, everyone is invited to come and worship. Its good for your soul, even if you don’t know what that word means. At Christmas you find amazing things where you don’t think they belong.

There are . . . → Read More: All the Stockings are hung by the Chimney with care….

Christmas Worship

By Parson Brown, on 1:11 pm%

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Christmas Eve Midnight – “Light is the Metaphor”

By Parson Brown, on 11:04 am%

Text: Isa 9:2-7, John 1:1-14 Christmas Eve Midnight
Introduction
Most of you have probably heard me say that John is impossible to preach on. I broke my rule earlier tonight, but the only way it is possible is by picking one verse or one theme and then reflecting it through an epistle or some other scripture to . . . → Read More: Christmas Eve Midnight – “Light is the Metaphor”

Christmas Eve – “Reveiving”

By Parson Brown, on 10:57 am%

Text: John 1:1-14, Heb 1:1-5
Trouble in the World
The presents are all bought, if not all paid for by now. St. Nicholas is busy putting stuff under the trees. We are all at that point of the gifting season where it is what it is. Boyfriend and girlfriend will exchange and find out who . . . → Read More: Christmas Eve – “Reveiving”

Christmas Kid’s Program Pictures

By Parson Brown, on 11:20 pm%

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Christmas Eve Services

By Parson Brown, on 10:58 pm%

We are having two Christmas Eve (Fri. Dec 24th) services this year.

The primary Candlelight service is at 7 PM.

We will also have an anticipation/midnight service starting at 11 PM. (There will be candles here also, but the tenor is a little different. I will not be singing this year, but if you would like . . . → Read More: Christmas Eve Services

So What Does it mean the Jesus was ‘The Son of David”?

By Parson Brown, on 10:52 pm%

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Text: Matt 1:18-25
This text from Matthew has a really clear purpose – to explain how Jesus is the Son of David even though he is the Son of the Virgin Mary. But I have to admit that what this text was written to address is just not relevant to today. Now before anyone . . . → Read More: So What Does it mean the Jesus was ‘The Son of David”?

Social Network Christmas

By Parson Brown, on 7:38 pm%

This is a quick fun video for . . . → Read More: Social Network Christmas

Pastor’s Corner Newletter Article – A Christmas Question

By Parson Brown, on 12:28 pm%

A book published in 2005 called Soul Searching, followed up in 2009 with Souls in Transition, coined a phrase Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD). The writers polled and interviewed thousands of Americans between the ages of 13 – 18 and then followed up with the 18 – 25 year olds. The results are a clear . . . → Read More: Pastor’s Corner Newletter Article – A Christmas Question

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