Happy Thanksgiving!

This week I have been spending time with my family in Illinois, and I will be back with you on Sunday.

This week begins the season of Advent – the four weeks leading up to Christmas Eve.  In Advent we anticipate the coming of Christ.  We start by anticipating his Second Coming and finish the season by remembering his arrival at Bethlehem as an infant. 

This week, we’ll be looking at Mark 13:24 – 37.  Over the past few weeks, we’ve heard quite a bit about what God intends life to be like at the return of Christ.  This Sunday, we will see how God intends to interrupt the way life is going to intervene in this world.  There is a dual message in this passage – hope that God will make everything right, and a warning to pay attention to see what God is up to. 

Next Sunday, in the Second Sunday of Advent, we will be looking at 2 Peter 3:8 – 15.  This passage describes to us how we should live in light of God’s coming.  It contains the famous “with the Lord a day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like a day.”  (verse

I hope you have a blessed Thanksgiving and I look forward to worshipping with you on Sunday!