Christmas is such a visual season.
We decorate for this season more than any other holiday of the year. We love the lights, the multi-colors, and the shimmer of tinsel. It is the one time of year when we almost universally welcome the sparkle of snow. We wrap our presents so that they are beautiful to look at as well as pleasant to receive.
Christmas is also a season of anticipation.
In the Christian liturgical year, the purpose of the four weeks before Christmas, the Advent season, is spiritual preparation and expectation, looking forward to the worship of the newborn Christ. Advent is a time set aside for spiritual inventory, confession and renewal. There is about it a great sense of hope as we anticipate the coming of the one who announces peace and brings salvation and light.
Our Advent Christmas message series captures both ideas
Here at Copper Hill Church, this year’s Advent/Christmas sermon series title captures a little bit of both of these two themes of the Christmas holiday. This year’s series is called, “Come and See.” Just as little children are anxious to see those wrapped gifts around the tree, so I ask us to come and take a look once again at the truths of Christmas in order that we can better understand the gifts that our God is giving to us through the Babe in Bethlehem.
Here’s the series outline for the remainder of the month. Sunday services are at 9 A. M. Christmas Eve service is a t 5 P. M.
Come and See |
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| Date | Sermon Title | Scripture | Special events that day |
| Dec 8 | Come and See a Wonderful Life | Mark 7:31-37 | Children’s Program featuring Hanging of the Greens |
| Dec 15 | Come and See His Glory |
John 1:14 | Harp special music and a Contemporary trio |
| Dec 22 | Come and See a Bittersweet Birth | Luke 2:21-35 Matt. 2:1-15 |
Holiday Choir; Ladies’ Ensemble; |
| Dec 24 | Come and See God’s Gifts to You | John 1:9-18 Luke 2:1-20 |
Men’s Quartet; Harp solo; Candlelight conclusion |