Joy!Cast

Wed, 27 December 2006

Christmas Eve: The Indescribable Gift-Jesus

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Category:sermons -- posted at: 11:26am CST

Sun, 24 December 2006

Christmas is Cookin: Jump for Joy!

Perhaps we need Santa at Christmas to help us be merry and joyous because we have a flawed understanding of Jesus. From today's gospel text we learn that the first reaction to Jesus' presence on earth, of God-in-our-midst, was joy. John the Baptist jumps for joy in the womb of Elizabeth as he first connects to the joy of Jesus' presence, still in Mary's womb. This is a joy so tremendous, joy so utterly overwhelming that it must somehow escape the bounds of earth itself and jump towards the heavens

Direct download: 2006-12-24_Pastor-Scott-Hackler_Jump-for-Joy.mp3
Category:sermons -- posted at: 11:17am CST

Sun, 17 December 2006

Lessons and Carols Service

Go Tell It on the Mountain, Silent Night
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Lesson 1    Isaiah 9:2,6-7
Emmanuel/Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
Lesson 2    Isaiah 11:1-9 "The Branch From Jesse"
Lo How A Rose (JN)
Lesson 3    Isaiah 40: 1-5 "Comfort for God's People"
Prepare the Way of the Lord
Lesson 4    Luke 1:26-38 "The Birth of Jesus Foretold"
The King of Us All
Lesson 5    Luke 2:1-7 "The Birth of Jesus"
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Lesson 6     Luke 2:8-16 "The Shepherds and the Angels"
Angels We Have Heard On High
The First Noel
Lesson 7   Matthew 2:1-11 "The Visit of the Magi"
We Three Kings
Lesson 8    John 1:1-5, 10-12, 14 "The Word Became Flesh"
Joy to the World
O Holy Night
O Come All Ye Faithful

Direct download: 2006-12-17_Service_Lessons-and-Carols.mp3
Category:programs -- posted at: 8:15am CST

Sat, 9 December 2006

Christmas is Cookin: Holy Ingredients

Making Holiness is a part of everything Christians do. When making holiness is a part of every action, every thought, every plan, time is transformed into something magical and mysterious. Days cannot slide by as a sludgy sea of fast-food dinners, commuter traffic jams, endless loads of laundry, boring social studies papers, looming deadlines, and tedious meetings. When we make holiness an ingredient in every minute we live, our days take on the brilliance and color of the Christmas tree lights adorning our holiday trees.

Direct download: 2006-12-09_Pastor-Scott-Hackler_Holy_Ingredients.mp3
Category:sermons -- posted at: 7:01pm CST

Sat, 2 December 2006

Christmas is Cookin: What's Lacking?

At this time of year we all are looking out for what is somehow lacking in the lives of our loved ones so that we may run out to the local mega-mall and purchase it. But as we try and make up through shopping for the physical things we lack, let's never forget that the ultimate lackings in our life are not physical but spiritual.

Direct download: 2006-12-02_Pastor-Scott-Hackler_Whats-Lacking.mp3
Category:sermons -- posted at: 7:29pm CST