Advent

Have you ever been on a really long road trip? They can be so much fun! Car games, good music, some snacks. I love a good road trip. But, have you ever been on a road trip on a camel? I haven’t, but the people we are learning about today went on a road trip. […]

Have you ever had really big news—something you were so excited to tell someone about? Maybe you were pumped about a grade you got on a test. Maybe you couldn’t wait to share with everyone at school about a new pet. It happens to all of us. When we have something exciting, we can’t help […]

Waiting can be really hard. Have you ever had to wait for anything? I ask City Kids, “Maybe you had to wait for dessert. Or maybe you have had to wait for your time to watch t.v.” Waiting for adults doesn’t get much easier: waiting for the right job to work out, waiting for a […]

Light and Christmas are often intertwined—all through December, we see lights on houses, in windows, and around Christmas trees. This Advent at City Church our sermon series will be Light of the World. Light and darkness are seen throughout the Bible. Creation begins in foreboding darkness but is quickly transformed by God’s first act of creation, […]

Reflection Miles Davis said, “In music, silence is more important than sound.” If that is true for people, think of what God can do. Think of what God has done. There were four hundred years of silence and then came the baby’s cry with a host of angels. What a chorus. Joy to the world, […]

Reflection This coming Sunday we will sing, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” The simple song full of complex emotions matches, in a way, what can be an emotionally complex time of year. We rejoice with songs and gifts and twinkling lights and warm, peppermint beverages. And we also long for Christ to come again and […]