Advent is Latin for "adventus," meaning "arrival," where we celebrate the arrival of Jesus over 2,000 years ago with the global, historic Church. On Christmas Eve we close out the Advent season by singing and rejoicing together.
Sermon by Taylor Schombert on December 17, 2023.
Advent is Latin for "adventus," meaning "arrival," where we celebrate the arrival of Jesus over 2,000 years ago with the global, historic Church. For each week of the Advent season, we look at one thing Jesus has made possible for us through His birth. This week, we look at Love.
Sermon by Andrew Flowers on December 10, 2023.
Advent is Latin for "adventus," meaning "arrival," where we celebrate the arrival of Jesus over 2,000 years ago with the global, historic Church. For each week of the Advent season, we look at one thing Jesus has made possible for us through His birth. This week, we look at Joy.
Sermon by Brandon Clements on December 3, 2023.
Advent is Latin for "adventus," meaning "arrival," where we celebrate the arrival of Jesus over 2,000 years ago with the global, historic Church. For each week of the Advent season, we look at one thing Jesus has made possible for us through His birth. This week, we look at Peace.
Sermon by Michael Bailey on November 26, 2023.
Advent is Latin for "adventus," meaning "arrival," where we celebrate the arrival of Jesus over 2,000 years ago with the global, historic Church. For each week of the Advent season, we look at one thing Jesus has made possible for us through His birth. This week, we look at Hope.
Sermon by Michael Bailey on December 18, 2022.
For our final week of Advent, we look at the song sung by Simeon in Luke 2. For Simeon, the expectation to see the Messiah has finally arrived. As followers of Jesus, what would it look like we lived in that same hope-filled expectation?
Sermon by Brandon Clements on December 11, 2022.
This week we look at the song sung by the angels in Luke 2 and what it means that Jesus brings us peace. This song points us not only to a baby in a manger but to a future ruling and conquering King.
Sermon by Michael Bailey on December 4, 2022.
This week we examine the song sung by Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist. At first glance, it seems like this is a poem about an exuberant father celebrating the birth of his child, but as we’ll see, there’s a lot more going on.
Sermon by Brandon Clements on November 27, 2022.
Advent is typically when the historic church all across the world takes four Sundays before Christmas to anticipate and remember how Jesus came into the world to save the world and how one day He’s going to come back.
For this Advent series, we’ll look at the four poems or “songs” that make up Jesus’ birth story in Luke 1-2. This week we look at the first “song”: the song of Mary.
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Sermon by Brandon Clements on December 19, 2021.
For our Advent series this year we’re taking one popular Christmas song each week and unpacking what this teaches us about Jesus’ birth.
This week we’re looking at a hymn authored by the 18th century hymnist Isaac Watts, “Joy to the World.”
Sermon by Andrew Flowers on December 12, 2021.
For our Advent series this year we’ll be taking one popular Christmas song each week and unpack what this teaches us about Jesus’ birth.
This week we’re looking at another hymn authored by the 18th century hymnist Charles Wesley, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.”
Sermon by Brandon Clements on December 5, 2021.
For our Advent series this year we’ll be taking one popular Christmas song each week and unpack what this teaches us about Jesus’ birth.
This week we’re looking at the 19th century carol penned by Joseph Mohr, “Silent Night.”
Sermon by Michael Bailey on November 28, 2021.
For our Advent series this year, we’ll be taking one popular Christmas song and unpacking what it teaches us about Jesus’ birth. In this sermon, we’re looking at the hymn “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”
We’re joined by Midtown Downtown Groups Team Administrator & Events Coordinator Melissa Fennell and Midtown Lexington pastor Michael Bailey as we share some of the ways we saw Jesus work in and through our church family in 2020.
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Have a holly jolly Christmas!
We’re joined by Midtown Lexington pastor Michael Bailey as we share our love for our city, the Advent season, the Star Wars franchise (?!), and what Jesus is teaching us through the Advent guide.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
We’re joined by Midtown Lexington pastor Brandon Clements as we discuss Columbia, the Advent season, and what Jesus is teaching us through this year's Advent guides.
We love hearing from you too. Email us your questions, feedback, and what Jesus has been teaching you through this Advent season.
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
We welcome OUR VERY FIRST GUEST on the show, author of this year’s Advent Guide, Courtney Gibson. In this episode, she shares how we might use this season of Advent and the pandemic to help us be more like Jesus. Plus, we put Courtney in the hot seat for our lightning round.
We love hearing from you too. Email us your questions, feedback, and what Jesus has been teaching you through this Advent season.
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As always, special thanks to our audio engineer Stephen Simmons. Intro music courtesy of Jared Wise.
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