Advent Stewardship: Joy

Speaker: Pastor Raleigh Sims


Scripture Focus: Luke 7:18–35


Service Summary: Some Advent wreaths have a pink
candle for this Third Sunday in Advent. The festive, joyful pink
candle reflects today’s Readings, which begin to anticipate the
unbridled joy that Jesus’ birth brings. We do many joyful things
during Advent. We sing Christmas carols, bake cookies, decorate
our homes inside and out, and travel far and wide to visit those
we love. Yet all these joyful things point to an even greater
joy—the joy that comes by the Creator of the universe, the Lord
almighty, who loves you, forgives you in Jesus, and cares about
you beyond human measure! “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I
will say, rejoice!”