[Sunday] Await Holy Night
Questions for the week
Describe a time when an unlikely or unwelcomed person came to an event. How did the other people at the event react?
Read Matthew 2:1-12. What would Matthew’s Jewish audience have thought about the wise men or magi worshiping Jesus? If you were to guess, which god would you think they had worshiped before this?
God leads the magi, these unlikely people, to worship Jesus. What hope does this give you?
What Had happened at Grace this week.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever – Dec 15th. Starring Lauren Graham, Judy Greer, and Pete Holmes.
The Magi following the light of a star mirrors how God has always worked, giving a light to follow through the wilderness, away from the darkness that holds us down.
Christmas expectations are often Joshed. Yet the name Emmanuel breaks all expectations as Jesus comes to be with us.
Listen to the bells being rung, God’s promise of peace, hope, and salvation breaking into the world, even in the midst of suffering.