Upcoming Christmas Services
Ebenezer Experience
Sunday, December 17, at 9am and 11am

Christmas Eve Services
Saturday, December 23, at 5pm
Sunday, December 24, at 9am and 11am
Please register at www.agracechristmas.com

Sunday, December 31—one combined service at 11am
(Water Baptism)

Why do we celebrate Christmas?

(Luke 1:26-35) In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you. 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end. 34 How will this be, Mary asked the angel, since I am a virgin? 35 The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

1. Because it is the fulfillment of
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Prophecies:
(Isaiah 7:14) … The Lord Himself will choose the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call Him Immanuel – God is with us.

(Micah 5:2) But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village in Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel will come from you, one whose origins are from the distant past.

(Isaiah 9:6-7) For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. And the government will rest on His shoulders. These will be His royal titles: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. His ever expanding, peaceful government will never end. He will rule forever with fairness and justice from the throne of His ancestor David.

(Matthew 1:23) The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means “God with us”).

(Matthew 2:1-6) Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod.

(Luke 2:4-15) And because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he had to go to Bethlehem in Judea, David’s ancient home.

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(John 1:1-4) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

(John 1:14) The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

CELEBRATION OF ADVENT

Advent is a special time to prepare for celebrating Christmas. We look back at Jesus’ first coming on Christmas, and ahead to the hope of his second coming one day. The themes of Advent remind us what Jesus brought to the world, and help us get ready to celebrate!

    HOPE
       Isaiah 7:14
       Isaiah 9:2
       Isaiah 9:6-7

    PEACE
       Luke 2:1-5
       Luke 2:6-7

    JOY
       Luke 2:8-20

    LOVE
       John 1:1-5
       John 1:14
       John 3:16-17

Thanks to all the kids, families, and Dream Team who worked
so hard to help us celebrate!

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