Sermons from December 2008

By The Very Rev. Sherry Crompton December 24, 2008 – Christmas Eve Read: Luke 2:1-14 Teenage girl, much too youngUnprepared for what’s to comeA baby changes everything Not a ringOn her handAll her dreams and all her plansA baby changes everythingA baby changes everything The man she loves she’s never touchedHow will she Keep his trustA baby changes everythingA baby changes everything And she cries, oh she cries She has to leave, go far awayHeaven knows she can’t stayA baby…

By The Very Rev. Sherry Crompton December 14, 2008 Read: John 1:6-8, 19-28 We have John the Baptist with us again this Sunday. John, a man sent from God to be a witness to the Light. John seemed pretty clear about who he was and who he was not. When he was under interrogation about just who he thought he was, he didn’t waver. He was clear about who he was not and as for who he was, he said.…

By The Very Rev. Sherry Crompton December 7, 2008 Read: Mark 1:1-8 “In the beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God”. Isn’t it striking how Mark begins his gospel? There are no angels appearing, no wise men from the East, no long list of geneology, no journey to the Inn; but an intriguing statement: “In the beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” and a strange messenger in the wilderness.…