by Kelly Potts | Dec 11, 2025 | Devotionals
Love, the Rose Week 2: People Look East ISAIAH 11:1-5 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and...
by Cierra Christian | Dec 10, 2025 | Devotionals
Love, the Guest Week 2: People Look East GENESIS 18:1-10 The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 9, 2025 | Devotionals
Musical Rendition & Lyrics Week 2: People Look East LISTEN Click Here to Listen to “People Look East” Music provided by members of the First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir LYRICS People, look east. The time is near Of the crowning of the...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 8, 2025 | Devotionals
Video On This Week’s Carol Lucy Baum introduces this week’s hymn, “People, Look East,” and its joyful vision of all creation—fields, birds, stars, and angels—preparing for Love’s arrival. We’re invited to look east with hope, trusting that Love...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 7, 2025 | Devotionals
The Second Sunday of Advent Rev. Lucy Crain reflects on Isaiah’s servant and Mary’s “Here am I” to remind us that God’s covenant of justice and hope now continues through us. As we hear God’s promise, “I have taken you by the hand and kept you,” we’re invited to...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 6, 2025 | Devotionals
Prayer Week 1: The Huron Carol Great Wonder, tiny child, Emmanuel, We thank you that your love knows no boundaries. As you came to shepherds in the region of Judea long ago, As you guided magi from the Middle East to kneel in reverence, So we know that you came to...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 5, 2025 | Devotionals
The Meeting of Two Cultures Week 1: The Huron Carol The Christmas song “Jesus Ahatonhia” (‘The Huron Carol’) was composed in a time and society very different from our own. The Wendat/Huron of today are in their own ways also removed from the context in...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 4, 2025 | Devotionals
God With Us All Week 1: The Huron Carol The 17th-century Huron Carol was originally written in the mother tongue of the First Nations Wendat/Huron people of Canada. The English-language lyrics that appear in hymnals across North America were written in 1926 by the...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 3, 2025 | Devotionals
The Visitation of the Kings Week 1: The Huron Carol Our church nativity pageants are colorful events with adults and children dressed in costumes that we imagine the characters might have worn. Mary in a simple blue dress, a swaddled baby in her arms; shepherds in...
by Kelly Potts | Dec 2, 2025 | Devotionals
Musical Rendition & Lyrics Week 1: The Huron Carol LISTEN Click Here to Listen to “The Huron Carol” Music provided by John Mooney, cello, with Lucy Baum, Kelly Harder, Eric Langer, and Jeffery Hollowell. LYRICS ‘Twas in the moon of...
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