Awaiting the Child

We have just entered the season of Advent, the four Sundays leading up to the celebration of Christmas.  Advent is a season of waiting, of expectation, of longing for the coming Redeemer.   This year we are going to spend the four weeks of Advent looking at the birth narratives of the Bible in a series of sermons called, “Awaiting the Child.”  Check them out below, along with the previous sermons from earlier in the Fall which are outlined as follows.

In September, we began the Fall with a short series of sermons on “Hearing and Heeding the Words of God.”  In particular, our focus was on those words by which God calls His people to live justly, and love mercy, and walk humbly with Him.  (Micah 6:8)  

In October we began a new series of sermons on “The Armor of God,” from the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians 6:10-20.  We are living in a time of great conflict and polarazation.  It is a time of global upheaval, politically, economically, socially, environmentally….  It’s easy to wake up every day feeling defeated, but you don’t even know who or what the enemy is that’s defeating you.  In this series of sermons we are reflecting on Paul’s words in Ephesians 6 about the “spiritual battle” being waged all around us, and on the “armor” God has given us so that we can stand our ground in the battle, and not be defeated.

You can check out the sermons by clicking on the links  below.  

The Awaiting the Child Series

November 29, 2020,  Audio:    Awaiting the Child: Isaac                   Print:    Awaiting the Child- Isaac

The Armor of God Series

November 22, 2020,  Audio:    The Sword of the Spirit               Print:   The Sword of the Spirit     

November 15, 2020, Christian Schmitt preaching, Audio:  The Helmet of Salvation                   Print:   The Helmet of Salvation 

November 8, 2020    Audio:    The Shield of Faith                 Print:    The Shield of Faith     

November 1, 2020   Audio:      Readiness That Comes From the Gospel of Peace           Print:  Readiness That Comes From the Gospel of Peace

October 25, 2020  Audio:    The Breastplate of Righteousness                      Print:  The Breastplate of Righteousness

October 18, 2020  Christian Schmitt preaching    Audio:   Dead To Sin                 Print:     Dead To Sin

October 11, 2020   Audio:   The Armor of God – The Belt of Truth               Print:     The Armor of God – The Belt of Truth

October 4, 2020   Audio:   The Armor of God                Print:   The Armor of God

The ‘Hearing and Heeding the Words of God’ series

Sept. 13, 2020   Video of Dr. Mark Brown preaching at his home church, Edgewood Church in Rochester, NY on August 16.   Imago Dei: Taking A Biblical Look At Racism

Sept. 20, 2020    Audio:    Amos – Hearing and Heeding the Words of God               Print:  Amos – Hearing and Heeding the Words of God

Sept. 27, 2020   Audio:     A Ministry of Reconciliation                 Print:  A Ministry of Reconciliation