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The Blessed Hope of Christmas – Christmas Eve

[email protected]2017-07-14T09:33:14-04:00December 20th, 2016|Sermons|

Christmas Eve Sermon "The Blessed Hope Of Christmas" Luke 2: 1-20 Tonight is a night of mystery, and miracle, and majesty. You can sense it in the air. You can feel it among the people around you. The candlelight, the music, the stories all produce a sense of holiness in this time we share together. There is something very powerful about Christmas Eve. The great cellist Pablo Casals in his autobiography recalls the first time he went to church on Christmas Eve. He was five years old. He writes about walking to church in a small village in Spain, [READ MORE]

A Chrismon Service

[email protected]2019-11-30T08:56:16-05:00October 27th, 2016|Sermons|

Chrismons are Christmas decorations with Christian symbols on them. They were first made by Frances Kipps Spencer at the Ascension Lutheran Church in Danville, Virginia. She described these decorations as "Chrismons" - Christ monograms. Chrismons are traditionally white and gold and include many Old and New Testament symbols representing Christ. The Tellico Village Chrismon Tree On the First Sunday in Advent each year at Tellico Village Community Church an undecorated Christmas Tree was placed in the Chancel (front stage of the sanctuary). Following a brief sermon the tree was decorated with a sampling of Chrismons, some carried forward by [READ MORE]