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SERMON SNAPSHOT: Sunday, December 19, 2021

Dear Friends in Christ –

Sometimes it feels good to get out of town. Seems like right about now is a good time for a girl named Mary. There’s been a lot of talk. She’s pregnant. She’s also unmarried. Betrothed to a decent enough guy. Has a curious explanation how this could have happened, something about an angel suggesting that Mary had found favor with God. Hmm. Hard to believe. So as tongues wag and friends flee, it’s a good time to be off the streets. So she resolves to visit a cousin, Elizabeth.

Another curious circumstance. Elizabeth and her husband Zachariah were "righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless," but childless (Luke 1:5–7). All of a sudden, she’s pregnant. Another curious explanation. Again the angel. Mary believed. Zachariah questioned. Zachariah is struck mute and Mary goes to the country.

What happens there is the substance of our Gospel – our good news. Babies leap, two women find solace and inspiration in each other’s arms as our powerful, gracious God reveals a plan that will reclaim and restore creation. Wow. You won’t want to miss this. See you in worship. 

In anticipation –

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