This past week at Eastbrook, I preached a message entitled "Making Room" as part of our Christmas Eve services. You can find read the preaching manuscript below. Merry Christmas! When I was a child, one of my favorite things at Christmas was going to my grandparents’ house in central Illinois. After celebrating our own family Christmas …
Christmas Joy
Merry Christmas! This is the reason we celebrate. Fra Angelico, The Annunciation; tempera on wood; between 1433 and 1434. Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14) For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on …
“A New Day” – a Christmas message
Yesterday at Eastbrook, I preached a Christmas message entitled "A New Day" as part of our Christmas Eve services. You can find view message here and read the preaching manuscript below. Merry Christmas! https://vimeo.com/897606389 I don’t know if you’ve ever been to Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Probably not. The town of roughly 4,200 people is off the …
Christmas Eve 2023 at Eastbrook
Join us for worship services on Christmas Eve at Eastbrook Church for a celebration of the glory and might of God revealed in Jesus, the newborn King! We will have 4 identical services on Sunday, December 24: 8 am, 9:30 am, 11 am, & 1 pm.There will not be any services on Monday, December 25. …
“Now dismiss your servant in peace” (Nunc dimittis)
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "Canticles of Christmas" This sixth and final week of the series Pastor Jim Caler preached from Luke 2:22-38 on the angels' song of praise, traditionally known as the Gloria. You can access the entire series here. Join us for weekend worship in-person or remotely …
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Matthew Erickson 