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CHRISTMAS - Isaiah 9:2-7; Titus 2:11-14; Matthew 1:18-25

Christmas Eve at the Church of the Good Shepherd features a Candlelight Christmas Service at 9:00pm. This video is from that service. We also hold a 4:00pm Family Christmas Service, and that video can be found here.

The Christian faith can certainly be said to have begun with the birth of Jesus Christ, but the idea of faith itself can also be seen to have its beginning with this event. "Faith" is referred to very infrequently in the Hebrew Bible, but explodes in significance in the New Testament. In this sermon, Rev Derwyn explores the dynamic of faith in the experience of Mary as she takes on the life-changing role of mother to the son of God, and also speaks to our sharing in the faith of Jesus himself. This probably should have been two sermons instead of just one...