"Faces Round the Manger"

Shepherds: the Face of the Outsider
 

by Pastor Stephen Braden

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Text : Luke 2:8-17

8 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: 11to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is the Messiah, the Lord. 12This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.’ 13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, 14‘Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favours!’ 15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.’ 16So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. 17When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child;

God's love and attention for us is without end, without bound, without limits.  Why should our personal worship encompass only 1 hour on Sunday?  God invites us to a 24/7 relationship.  Here's your opportunity to continue to explore the way God's word connects with this week's worship theme.  We invite you to spend some time each day discovering God's word...

24/7 readings     Advent is a time of year when we wait and prepare for God's birth into our world, and into our lives. This Advent, we are encouraging everyone to immerse yourselves in the story of Jesus' life, read through the gospel of Luke.

We will read 1 chapter of Luke each day of Advent: Dec 1st is Luke 1, Dec 2nd is Luke 2 and so on....

follow this link to Luke, chapters 1-25

also check out
http://www.pcusa.org/2006advent/
for daily advent readings from Presbyterians Today, with a special Children's activity
 

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• Come, Now is the Time to Worship (Christmas version)

• Were You There?

• While Shepherds Watched

• All Because of You

• Go Tell it on the Mountain

• King of Glory

• O come All Ye Faithful

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