"On this mountain the LORD of hosts will provide for all peoples: A feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.
On this mountain he will destroy the veil that veils all peoples, The web that is woven over all nations; he will destroy death forever.
The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from all faces; The reproach of his people he will remove
from the whole earth; for the LORD has spoken.
On that day it will be said: “Behold our God, to whom we looked to save us!
This is the LORD for whom we looked; let us rejoice and be glad that he has saved us!”
For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain." (Isaiah 25:6-10)
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Good evening everyone,
I got to tell you: The Church year is like a baseball season, you have your 4 quarters of the season (40 games apiece) and then your offseason (where summer deficits in the budget are normal and due to impending vacations that people take).
Advent is the start of the season, Epiphany is your 2nd quarter, Lent is your 3rd quarter, and Easter is your 4th quarter, and Pentecost/Kingdomtide is your offseason.
But in between, you should have an all-star game correct??? Well, to be frank, we don't really have an all-star break in between our church year. So this service, I can say is the All-Star Game mainly because of the fact that we really haven't begun the year just yet.
At Catonsville UMC, you got 3 services:
First you got your Family Service which begins at 5:30pm... Which is sort of like the futures game. The kids are more involved than that of the parents. They are the future of this world, am I not correct?
Second, you got your Contemporary Service which begins at 8:00pm... Which is the homerun derby which some glitz and glamour thrown into the service. Usually Pastor Mark will have a "HOMERUN" of a sermon to talk about.
And finally, you got your Candlelight Service which begins at 10:45pm. Which is your all-star game which has the choir involved, the church is full, candles are handed out for the climax, and at the end is a big presentation of the hallelujah chorus which is the big slam at the end of the service.
So pretty much you can say this is the all-star game of services because it's held at night. There's a solemn yet excited atmosphere as we wait the coming of our lord and savior! As he is the MVP and the eternal world champion and defender of faith. He will always defend his people from the bounds and forces of evil.
Christians, we are ALL APART of the Lord Jesus Christ's all-star team. We all get our turn at bat and we will all have a spot at his heavenly feast at the end.
That's my advent blog for the night. Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow.
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