Tinney Chapel Today: Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Tinney Chapel Today

This is the Communications Weblog of Tinney Chapel UMC, the quintessential country church. Tinney Chapel UMC was established in 1900, and located at 449 County Road 4620, Winnsboro, Texas 75494. This weblog is maintained by Joe Dan Boyd, who serves Tinney Chapel UMC as its Communications Coordinator, a Certified Lay Speaker and, for 10 years, taught The Remnants, an adult Sunday School Class. Tinney Chapel also has a website at http://tinneychapel.org/home.html

Monday, December 24, 2012

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

The Gathering Of God's People

@ A Candlelight Service on Christmas Eve 2012

@ the quintessential country church

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Brother Carl Sterling had told us from the pulpit that this year's Christmas Eve Candlelight Service would be like none other that we had ever experienced, and he was right:

His sermon, "What Was At Bethlehem?", alone was enough to make the service unique. You may hear and see him deliver it in the video posted below. It's well worth your time.

Even the traditional Holy Communion service seemed rather special this year, especially with the recent return of the Stantons, Mollie & David, from their voyage and trip to the Holy Land.

The lights in the church building grow dim then are extinguished as the congregation files out singing Silent Night.

Once on the Internet, and out of the e-message mode, click on the video arrow icon below to view a video of Brother Carl's thought-provoking sermon, "What Was At Bethlehem?", and you will be blessed:

The video is immediately above for your clicking convenience.

Resource page for this sermon's Scripture:

Luke 2:1-7

New International Version (NIV)

The Birth of Jesus

2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. ²(This was the first census that took place while^[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) ³And everyone went to their own town to register.

⁴So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. ⁵He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. ⁶While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, ⁷and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

Footnotes:

Luke 2:2 Or This census took place before

New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Link for this resource page:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%202:1-7&version=NIV

Labels: Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, Holy Communion Service, Luke 2:1-7, Rev. Carl Sterling, Tinney Chapel UMC

# posted by Joe Dan Boyd @ 12/24/2012

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