A Promise to Put Our Hope In

In this season of Advent, we are encouraged to celebrate the promise God has kept, and also to keep faith in the promises God has yet to fulfill. Living in between kept and unkept promises takes great trust, and developing that trust is the major spiritual discipline of Advent.

 

Just like Jesus’ birth story, our life is filled with disorientation, danger, displacement, exclusion, betrayal, and fear. It’s easy to get impatient and even cynical while we wait for God to keep that promise. When we are tempted to give up on God’s promises, the psalmist of Psalm 25 reminds us to turn to God with our frustration and lament. Paul reminds us of the witness of the church: the community of saints who hold faith for each other with their love, their joy, and their commitment to each other. With God and with each other, we hold our hope in Christ’s return.  Join us!

 

Sunday worship begins at 10:15AM.

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Bulletin Link

December 1st, 2024

 

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Upcoming Sundays

Advent Worship Series:  

Promises: Awaiting Christ in a Weary World 

(worship series by Deep Well Worship resource)

Following the Revised Common Lectionary for Advent Year C, this four-week Advent sermon series encourages our congregation to celebrate the promises God has kept, and also to keep faith in the promises God has yet to fulfill. Living in between kept and unkept promises takes great trust, and developing that trust is the major spiritual discipline of Advent.

 

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December 1st, 2024

A Promise to Put Our Hope In
Psalm 25:1-10 + 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

 

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December 8th, 2024

A Promise of Peace
Malachi 3:1-4 + Luke 3:1-6

 

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December 15th, 2024

A Promise to Rejoice In
Zephaniah 3:14-20 + Philippians 4:4-7

 

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December 22nd, 2024

A Promise of Love – Christmas Program
Scripture: Luke 1:39-55

 

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December 24th, 2024

Joint Alameda and Oakland Circuit Christmas Eve Service

5:30 PM at Twin Towers UMC/Embrace Church

 

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December 29th, 2024

Our Church Members Witness to God’s Grace this Year

Psalm 66:16-20 and Hebrew 11:1