Coming Home for Christmas

Many of us are feeling weary, disconnected, and overwhelmed. We long for peace, calm, and refreshment. We long for home. Home is about the place we belong and we’re designed for. The longing for home is about our search for the safety, identity, love, and peace which God created us to know and share.

In The Weight of Glory Lewis C S Lewis described the German word sehnsucht as an inconsolable longing in the heart “for we know not what.” It is forward-looking — a desire for something that is to come, though we do not fully know what that something is. Jesus is the answer to that longing, that feeling of being homesick for a home we’ve never really known.

Sermons in this series

2021 Christmas Eve Sermon
December 24, 2021Pastor:Jeff Schultz

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Coming Home for Christmas Recap

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Finally Home (Revelation 21:1-7, 22-27)
December 19, 2021Pastor:Jeff Schultz

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One day heaven and earth will be reunited. We will live in unity and peace with God, with others, and with creation, and we will know the fulfillment of our longings for love, goodness, and purpose. Join us as we see in Revelation 21 what it be like when we are Finally Home and how we live here and now in light of that future.

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Homeward Bound (Hebrews 13:11-15)
December 12, 2021Pastor:Joey Woestman

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In the great story of the Bible, we begin coming “home” when we come to Jesus. But even those of us who have walked with Jesus for decades still feel a sense of restlessness, of homelessness. Why? Because no home here will last forever—we seek a home that is to come. So what do we do in the meantime? Join us for “Homeward Bound” from Hebrews 13:11-15!

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Home-Making (Gen. 11:1-9)
December 5, 2021Pastor:Joey Woestman

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Having lost their original home, humanity turned to making a home for themselves, a home where they could try to reclaim what they’d lost in the curse. Their attempt to build a tower to commune with God—on their terms, not his—failed, with disastrous results. Join us for “Home-Making” from Genesis 11:1-9, as we see how our longing for a home often leads us in fruitless directions.

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Our First Home (Gen. 1:1-5, 26-31)
November 28, 2021Pastor:Jeff Schultz

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Advent begins. In this season, we’ll prepare for Christmas by looking at Jesus’ birth in the larger story of the whole Bible. Many of us feel a sense of weariness, disconnection, and emptiness. We long for home – for the safety, identity, and love that God made us to know and share. Join us as we look at Genesis 1:1-5, 26-31 and “Our First Home.”

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