Service of Prayer and Mission – Non-Communion Service
The First Sunday after Christmas
Sermon Theme: “Generation to Generation Blessed”
Today we bring our 125th anniversary year to a close and pray the Lord to bless this new generation living in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez in this new year. The special anniversary mission offering we have been gathering reflects Christ’s commission to shine His light locally, regionally, and globaly with the redemptive joy and Good News that has been passed from generation to generation. How long is a generation? Keepers of statistics suggest that a generation is between twenty and thirty years and note that at the present time there are six distinct generations living in the United States. The current generations range from our oldest citizens, known as the Greatest Generation through our youngest, given the group name of Generation Z. In the account of the presentation of our Lord in the temple at Jerusalem, we see Jesus as a baby from the youngest generation and we meet Anna the prophetess, well advanced into the most elderly generation. The temple is the place for all generations to experience the presence and blessing of God! The psalmist exults in praise to God: “One generation shall commend Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts” (Psalm 145:4). As we worship, we continue that praise in this generation.
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