Advent: Love

1. Prayer ForThe People ofGod
God of promise, you have given us
a sign of your love through the gift
of Jesus Christ, our Savior, who was
promised from ages past. We believe,
as Joseph did, the message of your
presence whispered by an angel,
and offer our prayers for your world,
confident of your care and mercy for all creation.
Amen.

2. theCHURCH
CALENDAR

4. actively engaging your will
for the good of another
(often at your own expense)
Love

5. God doesn’t have love
more often than not…
God doesn’t reflect love
most of the time…
God doesn’t love when
God is in a good mood…
God doesn’t love when
someone earns it…
1 John 4:8

6. “If God is unipersonal, then until
God created other beings there
was no love…a unipersonal God
(might be) power, sovereignty, and
greatness from all eternity, but not
love. Love then is not the essence
of God, nor is it at the heart of the
universe. Power is primary. However,
if God is triune, then loving
relationships in community are the
‘great fountain at the center of
reality.’

7. The Great Spirit loves this world of human
beings
so deeply he gave us his Son – the only Son
who fully represents him. All who trust in him
and his way will not come to a bad end, but
will have the life of the world to come that
never fades away, fully of beauty and harmony.
Creator did not send his Son to decide against
the people of this world, but to set them free
John 3:16-17

9. The heartwarming tale
of how rich people
must be
supernaturally
terrorized
into sharing

12. Luke 19:1-10

13. It has to move beyond feeling into action,
otherwise it’s nothing but ethereal emotional
sentiment. Consider how different these stories
would be if love-as-sentiment were enough…
For Love to be Love…

16. Zacchaeus

17. Zacchaeus
The Good
Samaritan

18. Zacchaeus
The Good
Samaritan
Christmas

20. You can be a cynic and a sinner
Who can only see the flaws
But even if you lost your way
You don't have to stay a lost
cause
So can we do a little good?
Maybe give a little more?
Work a little harder than
we did the day before
It only takes a little good
And some doin' what you can
Takin' every chance to make the

21. Closing Prayer
O God of Mary and Joseph,
through all such faithful ones you proclaim
the unfolding of future joy and renewed life.
Strengthen our hearts to believe your
advent promise that one day we
will walk in the holy way of Christ,
where sorrow and sighing will be no more,
and the journey of God's people will be joy.
Amen.

22. FINAL REMINDER
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
11:30am
Voting on new ST/TT members
Budget update