FMBC Preaching and Teaching 2025 - Flipbook - Page 23
Nov. 29th: (Intergenerational Sunday)
Today’s Scriptures
St. Mark 13.1-37, esp.
vs. 33-37, a Divine call for vigilance in all sectors – religious, social, financial, and political.
Weekly Readings:
Isaiah 40.1-8, lessons from grass…
Daniel 4.13-17, esp. 13, somebody needs to watch the watchers.
St. Matt. 26.36-46, esp. 44, watch and pray – rest with one eye open.
St. Luke 12.40, we are advised to live expectantly - like a child, in anticipation of December 25th.
I Thess. 5.1-11, esp. 5-6, live, be alert to your surroundings.
Thought: Advent is a time [not only the 25th of December] to live joyously, experiencing Christ daily.
December:
Monthly Emphasis: (1st – 4th) Advent Sundays, Affirmation Service,
Angel Tree, Spirit of Christmas, Christmas Musical,
Christmas Holiday, & New Year’s Eve/Watch Night
**Health Emphasis:
Rest, Reflection, and Gratitude
Matthew 11.28 “Come unto me, all you who are weary…”
*Books for the Month:
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters
and the Making of the Black Middle Class by Larry Tye
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Pena
I Am Unique by Jennifer D. Vassel
Dec. 6th: (Holy Communion & 1st Advent Sunday)
Today’s Scriptures
St. Mark 14.1-72
vs. 32.-42, Jesus sought God’s will for his life-at that moment-, the response sacrifice for others,
agony during prayer time, denial by friends.
Parallel passages: St. Matt. 26.36-46; St. Luke 22.39-46; St. John 18.1
Weekly Readings:
Genesis 18.9-15, Angel asks Abraham, “Is there anything too hard for God?”
Jeremiah 32.16-23, esp. 17, “nothing is too hard for “God” – YOU;
St. Matt. 19.23-26, “… all things are possible with God.”
vs. 27 .”…is there anything too hard for me?”
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